What the records say
- When
- 15 May 1599 – 13 Jul 1599
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.82° N, 5.25° E
- Description
- 1599 action during the Eighty Years' and Anglo–Spanish wars
Siege of Zaltbommel
1599 action during the Eighty Years' and Anglo–Spanish wars
The siege of Zaltbommel was a campaign that took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War from 15 May to 22 July 1599. The Spanish led by Francisco López de Mendoza y Mendoza launched an offensive campaign around Bommelerwaard, which was defended by an Anglo-Dutch force under the command of Maurice of Orange.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604): The Siege of Zaltbommel, located in the Dutch Republic, is begun by Spanish general Francisco López de Mendoza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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