| Battle of Lekkerbeetje | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
 Battle of Bréauté and Lekkerbeetje, by Sebastian Vrancx | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Provinces |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Pierre de Bréauté |
Gerard Abrahams | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 22 cavalrymen | 22 cavalrymen | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 14 | 5 | ||||||
The Battle of Lekkerbeetje or Lekkerbeetken (5 February 1600) was a cavalry duel fought by pre-arrangement on Vughterheide near 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, between 22 Brabantine cavalrymen loyal to Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, garrisoned in 's-Hertogenbosch, and 22 French cavalrymen serving in the army of the Dutch Republic.[1]
- ^ Meteren, Emanuel Van (1755). Historie van de oorlogen en geschiedenissen der Nederlanden, en derzelven naburen 1315-1611 (in Dutch). Gorinchem: Goetzee. pp. 319–323. Retrieved 19 May 2020.