Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1588)

Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom
	Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War
	; Anno 1588. Marcelis Bax's brave performance during a sortie
Date	September 23 - November 13, 1588
Location	Bergen op Zoom, Brabant; (present-day the Netherlands)51°30′N 4°18′E / 51.500°N 4.300°E
Result	Anglo-Dutch victory
Belligerents
England; United Provinces	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Peregrine Bertie; Thomas Morgan; Maurice of Orange	Duke of Parma; Sancho Martínez de Leyva
Strength
5,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
Low	1,000

The siege of Bergen op Zoom was a siege that took place between September 23 - November 13, 1588, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The siege took place in the aftermath of the Spanish Armada when famed commander Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma attempted to use his forces to besiege Bergen op Zoom, which was held by an Anglo-Dutch force under Thomas Morgan and Peregrine Bertie.^[6] An English officer named Grimstone, claiming to be a disaffected Catholic, had set up a trap during which a large Spanish assault was bloodily repulsed.^[7] An Anglo-Dutch relief column under the command Maurice of Orange arrived soon after and forced the Duke of Parma to retreat, thus ending the siege.^[2]^[8]

^ Armstrong p 161
^ ^a ^b Meakin pp 35-36
^ Wernham pp. 35-38
^ Charles Maurice Davies (1851). The History of Holland and the Dutch nation: from the beginning of the tenth century to the end of the eighteenth. G. Willis. pp. 225–28.
^ Motley, John Lothrop. The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Entire 1566–74. pp. 513–16.
^ Black p 111
^ Robinson p 97
^ Knight, Charles Raleigh: Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Vol I. London, Gale & Polden, 1905, p. 39

[1] Armstrong p 161

[Meakin-2] Meakin pp 35-36

[Wernham35-3] Wernham pp. 35-38

[Davies-4] Charles Maurice Davies (1851). The History of Holland and the Dutch nation: from the beginning of the tenth century to the end of the eighteenth. G. Willis. pp. 225–28.

[Motley513-5] Motley, John Lothrop. The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Entire 1566–74. pp. 513–16.

[Black-6] Black p 111

[Robinson-7] Robinson p 97

[Knight-8] Knight, Charles Raleigh: Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Vol I. London, Gale & Polden, 1905, p. 39

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