Capture of Schenkenschans | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spain | United Provinces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand Eyndhouts | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500 | 120[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Minor | 120 killed[1] |
The Capture of Schenkenschans was a battle during the Eighty Years' War which saw a small detachment from the army under Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand capture the key fortress of Schenkenschans. The event leading up to the capture would be the Siege of Leuven in which the French and Dutch armies suffered a major defeat against the Spanish Army of Flanders. This would lead to a total collapse of the French and Dutch campaign in the Spanish Netherlands and result in a total counter-offensive led by Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand which resulted in large successes not only in taking back the territory lost but as well as in the offensive campaigns within France and the Dutch Republic.
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