What the records say
- When
- 12 Jun 1601 – 2 Aug 1601
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.55° N, 6.60° E
- Description
- 1601 siege of Rheinberg
Siege of Rheinberg (1601)
1601 siege of Rheinberg
The siege of Rheinberg, also known as the Rhine campaign of 1601, was the siege of the towns of Rheinberg and Meurs from 12 June to 2 August 1601 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. Maurice of Orange with an Anglo-Dutch army besieged the Spanish-held cities in part to distract them before their impending siege at Ostend.
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