| Siege of Rheinberg (1601) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic England Scotland |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maurice of Orange Robert Bertie |
Luis Bernardo de Avila (Rheinberg) Herman van den Bergh (Relief) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 |
3,000 (Rheinberg) 5,200 (Relief)[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400 killed or wounded | ~3,500 killed, wounded, or captured[3] | ||||||
The siege of Rheinberg, also known as the Rhine campaign of 1601, was the siege of the towns of Rheinberg (Old Dutch: Rijnberk) and Meurs from 12 June to 2 August 1601 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War.[1] Maurice of Orange with an Anglo-Dutch army besieged the Spanish-held cities in part to distract them before their impending siege at Ostend. Rheinberg, an important city, eventually capitulated on 28 July after a Spanish relief force under Herman van den Bergh failed to relieve the city.[2][4] The towns of Meurs surrendered soon after.
- ^ a b van Nimwegen pp 174-76
- ^ a b Charles Harding Firth (1693). Stuart Tracts, 1603–1693 Volume 7. E. P. Dutton and Company Limited. p. 166.
- ^ a b Geysbeek, Witsen (1827). Schoonheden en merkwaardige tafereelen uit de Nederlandsche geschiedenis, Volume 4. Portielje. p. 186. (Dutch)
- ^ John Lothrop Motley (1867). History of the United Netherlands, from the death of William the silent to the twelve years' truce 1609. Lyon Public Library.
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