Siege of Deventer (1591)

Siege of Deventer (1591)
Part of the Eighty Years' War & Maurice's campaign of 1591

The siege of Deventer in 1591 - print by Bartholomeus Dolendo
Date1–10 June 1591
Location
Deventer, Overijssel
(present-day the Netherlands)
Result Dutch-English victory[1]
Belligerents
 United Provinces
 England		 Spain Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Maurice of Nassau
Kingdom of England Francis Vere		 Spain Herman van den Bergh
Strength
9,000 infantry
1,600 cavalry
28 guns		 1,200
Casualties and losses
200[1] All surrendered

The siege of Deventer was a siege of the city of Deventer from 1 to 10 June 1591 during the Eighty Years' War by Dutch and English troops under Maurice of Nassau in an attempt to retake it from its Spanish garrison, commanded by Herman van den Bergh on behalf of the Spanish.[2]

  1. ^ a b Markham pp 174-75
  2. ^ Watson, Robert (1839). The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. Lyon Public Library: Tegg. pp. 473–74.