Battle of Rijmenam

Battle of Rijmenam
Part of the Eighty Years' War

Spanish attack on the States army, by Frans Hogenberg.
Date31 July 1578
Location
Rijmenam (present-day Belgium)
Result Anglo-Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic States-General
England Kingdom of England
French Huguenots Scotland Scotland		 Spain Spain
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Count of Boussu
England John Norreys
François de la Noue		 Spain Juan de Austria
Strength
18,000 infantry
2,000 cavalry		 12,000 infantry
5,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
400+ dead or wounded Between 400 and 1,000 dead or wounded

The Battle of Rijmenam was fought in the early stages of the Eighty Years' War between the forces of the States-General of the Netherlands[1] and those of the Spanish Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands, Don Juan de Austria, on 31 July 1578, near Rijmenam in present-day Belgium. The Spanish forces were dealt a strategic defeat.

  1. ^ In this stage of the war the conflict was still a civil war between the Crown and the States-General of the Habsburg Netherlands. The secession of the Dutch Republic would come later.