Siege of Grave (1602)

Siege of Grave (1602)
Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War
Siege of Grave in 1602 from a print by Simon Fokke
Date 18 July to 20 September 1602 Location Grave (present-day the Netherlands) 51°45′33.120″N 5°44′17.880″E / 51.75920000°N 5.73830000°E / 51.75920000; 5.73830000 Result Dutch and English victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Dutch Republic England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Maurice of Orange Francis Vere William Louis	Antonio Gonzalez   Francisco de Mendoza
Strength
20,000	1,500 (Grave),[3] 8,000 (Spanish relief army)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	~1,000 captured
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The siege of Grave was a siege that took place between 18 July and 20 September 1602, as part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The Spanish-held city of Grave was besieged by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange and Francis Vere respectively.^[1][4] After a siege of nearly two months the city surrendered when a Spanish relief army under Francisco de Mendoza was defeated just outside the city by the besiegers.^[5][6] The defeat was severe enough to cause a major mutiny in the Spanish army.^[7]