Siege

Siege of Steenwijk

30 May 1592 – 5 Jul 1592 · 52.78° N, 6.12° E

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30 May 1592 – 5 Jul 1592
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Siege
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52.78° N, 6.12° E
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1592 siege

Siege of Steenwijk (1592)

1592 siege

The siege of Steenwijk was a siege that took place between 30 May and 5 July 1592 as part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War by a Dutch and English force under Maurice of Orange. By taking Steenwijk the Republic's army would take out one of the two main transport routes overland to the Drenthe capital of Groningen, the other lay at Coevorden.

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