Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign

Meuse campaign
Part of the Eighty Years' War
The Siege of Maastricht was the most major siege during this campaign
Date 1 June-22 August 1632 Location Along the Meuse Result Dutch Victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic	Spain  Imperial Army[a]
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Henry Ernest Casimir  † Horace Vere	Guillaume de Bette Lelio Brancaccio Gonzalo de Córdoba Peter Bossman[b] Graf zu Pappenheim
Strength
Maastricht: 17,000 infantry 4,000 cavalry Roermond: 20,000 men Venlo: Unknown	Maastricht: 20,000 infantry 6,000 cavalry 3,000 armed citizens Roermond: A garrison of 300 men Venlo: Unknown

The Meuse campaign was a major operation during the Dutch Revolt lead by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange in which he took the cities of Venlo, Roermond, Sittard and Maastricht.^[1][2][3]

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