Siege of Knodsenburg

Siege of Knodsenburg
Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War & Maurice's campaign of 1591

Map showing the relief of Knodsenburg, 1591 by Bartholomeus Dolendo
Date21 – 25 July 1591
Location
Knodsenburg, Betuwe, near Nijmegen
(present-day the Netherlands)
51°51′18″N 5°51′51″E / 51.8549°N 5.8641°E / 51.8549; 5.8641
Result Dutch and English victory[1][2]
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic
England England
ScotlandScotland		 Spain Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Maurice of Orange
England Francis Vere
Dutch Republic Gerrit de Jong
Scotland William Balfour		 Spain Duke of Parma
Spain Petro Nicelli Francisco (POW)
Strength
8,000 infantry
2,000 cavalry[3]		 7,000 infantry
1,800 cavalry[4]
Casualties and losses
100[5] 900 killed, wounded or captured[6]

The siege of Knodsenburg, Relief of Knodzenburg or also known as Battle of the Betuwe was a military action that took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War at a sconce known as Knodsenburg in the district of Nijmegen.[7] A siege by a Spanish army under the command of the Duke of Parma took place from 15 to 25 July 1591. The fort was defended by the Dutch Republic's commander Gerrit de Jong and his company which was then subsequently relieved through the intervention of a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange and Francis Vere, respectively, on 25 July.[8] As a result, the Spanish army was defeated and Parma managed to retreat by getting his army across the River Waal.[3][9]

  1. ^ Dunthorne p. 50
  2. ^ Hoenselaars p. 22
  3. ^ a b Charles Maurice Davies (1851). The History of Holland and the Dutch nation: from the beginning of the tenth century to the end of the eighteenth. G. Willis. p. 252.
  4. ^ Motley, John Lothrop. The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Entire 1566–74. p. 115.
  5. ^ House of Commons (1907). House of Commons Papers, Volume 45. H.M Stationery Office. p. 164.
  6. ^ Roelands, H.A.M (1870). Het vaandel: tijdschrift voor onderofficieren, Volume 4. Visser. p. 227. (Dutch)
  7. ^ van der Hoeven pp. 115–116
  8. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Vere, Francis (d. 1777)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 230.
  9. ^ Watson (1839). The history of the reign of Philip the Second, king of Spain. Tegg. pp. 474–475.