Siege of Groenlo (1595)

Siege of Groenlo (1595)
Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War
View of the siege of Groenlo in 1595
Date 14–24 July 1595 Location Groenlo, Gelderland (present-day the Netherlands) 52°3′0.00″N 6°37′0.01″E / 52.0500000°N 6.6166694°E / 52.0500000; 6.6166694 Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
United Provinces England[1]	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Maurice of Nassau Francis Vere	Cristóbal de Mondragón (Spanish Tercios) Jan van Stirum (In Groenlo)
Strength
6,000 infantry 200-300 cavalry 16 artillery pieces	(Spanish Tercios) 7,000 infantry 1,300 cavalry (In Groenlo) 600 infantry
class=notpageimage| Location within Netherlands Show map of Netherlands Siege of Groenlo (1595) (North Sea) Show map of North Sea

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The siege of Grol or Groenlo in 1595 was a siege of Groenlo by States forces under Maurice of Nassau during the Eighty Years' War in an attempt to capture it from the Spanish Empire. It lasted from 14 to 24 July 1595, ending with the arrival of a Spanish relief force under Cristóbal de Mondragón and Maurice's retreat. Two years later, in 1597, Maurice returned to carry out another siege of Groenlo. Both these sieges formed part of what would later be called the Ten Glorious Years.