| Siege of Coevorden (1593–94) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Beleg_van_Coevorden_(1593-1594).JPG) Relief of Coevorden by Maurice of Orange, 1594 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic Kingdom of England |
 Spanish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maurice of Orange Francis Vere Caspar van Eussum (Coevorden) |
Francisco Verdugo Herman van den Bergh | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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12,000 infantry 2,000 cavalry | 8,000[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Light | Heavy[4] | ||||||
The siege of Coevorden was a thirty-one-week siege of the city of Coevorden in the province of Drenthe by the Spanish general Francisco Verdugo during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The siege first commenced in October 1593, but winter and shortages of food and supplies forced the Spanish into winter quarters.[5][6] The siege however recommenced in March 1594, but on May 6 Maurice of Orange arrived with an Anglo-Dutch army to relieve Coevorden, forcing the Spanish army under Francisco Verdugo to retreat.[7]
- ^ Fissel p. 183
- ^ Black p. 112
- ^ Motley, John Lothrop (1873). History of the United Netherlands: 1590–1600 – Volume 3. Harvard University: Harper & brothers. pp. 266.
- ^ Hagedorn 204–206
- ^ van Nimwegen p. 161
- ^ Motley p. 269
- ^ Knight, Charles Raleigh: Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Vol I. London, Gale & Polden, 1905, pp. 37–38