Siege of Rheinberg (1601)

Siege of Rheinberg (1601)
Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War

Siege of Rheinberg 1601 from the Atlas Van Loon
Date12 June – 2 August 1601
Location
Rheinberg & Meurs
(present-day Germany)
51°32′48″N 6°36′02″E / 51.5466°N 6.6005°E / 51.5466; 6.6005
Result Dutch and English victory[1][2]
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic
England England
Scotland Scotland		  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Maurice of Orange
England Robert Bertie		 Spain Luis Bernardo de Avila (Rheinberg)
Spain Herman van den Bergh (Relief)
Strength
10,000 3,000 (Rheinberg)
5,200 (Relief)[3]
Casualties and losses
400 killed or wounded ~3,500 killed, wounded, or captured[3]

The siege of Rheinberg, also known as the Rhine campaign of 1601, was the siege of the towns of Rheinberg (Old Dutch: Rijnberk) and Meurs from 12 June to 2 August 1601 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War.[1] Maurice of Orange with an Anglo-Dutch army besieged the Spanish-held cities in part to distract them before their impending siege at Ostend. Rheinberg, an important city, eventually capitulated on 28 July after a Spanish relief force under Herman van den Bergh failed to relieve the city.[2][4] The towns of Meurs surrendered soon after.

  1. ^ a b van Nimwegen pp 174-76
  2. ^ a b Charles Harding Firth (1693). Stuart Tracts, 1603–1693 Volume 7. E. P. Dutton and Company Limited. p. 166.
  3. ^ a b Geysbeek, Witsen (1827). Schoonheden en merkwaardige tafereelen uit de Nederlandsche geschiedenis, Volume 4. Portielje. p. 186. (Dutch)
  4. ^ John Lothrop Motley (1867). History of the United Netherlands, from the death of William the silent to the twelve years' truce 1609. Lyon Public Library.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)