Siege of Coevorden

When

28 Oct 1593 – 6 May 1594

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

52.67° N, 6.75° E

Description

1593 part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War

Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War

The siege of Coevorden was a thirty-one-week siege of the city of Coevorden in the province of Drenthe by the Spanish general Francisco Verdugo during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The siege first commenced in October 1593, but winter and shortages of food and supplies forced the Spanish into winter quarters.

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