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Siege of Maastricht | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
![]() Frederick Henry enters Maastricht | |||||||
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Besieged 2,000 infantry 3,000 armed citizens Relief forces 18,000 infantry 6,000 cavalry |
Besiegers 17,000 infantry 4,000 cavalry | ||||||
Location within Netherlands |
The siege of Maastricht was fought between 9 June and 22 August 1632, when the Dutch commander Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, eventually captured the city from Habsburg forces.
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