What the records say
- When
- 9 Jun 1574
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.30° N, 4.29° E
- Description
- 1574 naval battle near Fort Lillo
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Lillo
1574 sea battle near Fort Lillo
The Battle of Lillo was a naval battle that took place during the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch fleet under the command of Lodewijk van Boisot defeated a Spanish fleet at anchor between the fortresses of Lillo and Liefkenshoek near Antwerp. The Spanish lost ten ships which were captured by the Dutch.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “nouvelle victoire des Gueux à la bataille navale de Lillo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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