| Taking of Diest | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Taking_of_Diest_(1580)_engraved_by_Frans_Hogenberg.jpg) An engraving of the taking of Diest by Frans Hogenberg, 1580–1582 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Rebels &sq=&lang=&file=File:Croix_huguenote.svg){kind=small} French Soldiers |
 Spanish Army of Flanders | ||||||
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Alonso Vanegas |
Count of Lodron | ||||||
The Taking of Diest (9 June 1580) was a successful surprise assault on the town of Diest, in the Duchy of Brabant, during the Dutch Revolt.