| Siege of Lochem | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Ontzet_Lochem_1583.jpg) Liberation of Lochem from the Spanish in 1582. Etching by Frans Hogenberg | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic England&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Croix_huguenote.svg){kind=small} Huguenots Scotland |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Count of Hohenlohe John Norreys |
Francisco Verdugo Juan Baptista de Taxis | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
|
5,000 soldiers 2,500 cavalry[3] |
4,000 soldiers 400 cavalry[4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Low | High | ||||||
The siege of Lochem also known as the Relief of Lochem was a siege that took place in the Dutch city of Lochem during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The city was relieved by a States army composing of English and French Huguenot troops under Count Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg and John Norreys on September 24, 1582.[5] This marked the end of the Spanish siege of the city by the Spanish general Francisco Verdugo.[1][6]
- ^ a b Nolan p 101
- ^ Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1888). Reports. p. 141.
- ^ Butler, Arthur John, ed. (1909). Calendar of State Papers Foreign, Elizabeth, Volume 16, May-December 1582. Public Record Office: Longman, Roberts & Green. p. 394.
- ^ Nolan p 56
- ^ Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1740). Histoire universelle de Jacques-Auguste de Thou (French). National Library of the Netherlands: H. Scheurleer. pp. 208–09.
- ^ van den Broek pp 125-28