Siege of Groenlo (1597)
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Date11–28 September 1597
Result
Dutch-English victory[1]
| Siege of Groenlo (1597) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
 Depiction of the siege of Grol by Maurice in 1597 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic England |
 Spanish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maurice of Nassau Horace Vere |
Jan van Stirum | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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6,000 infantry 1,400 cavalry 14 artillery pieces[2] |
800 infantry 300 cavalry[2] | ||||||
  Location within Netherlands  Siege of Groenlo (1597) (North Sea) | |||||||
The siege of Groenlo was a siege of Groenlo during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau after it had followed an unsuccessful siege by Maurice in 1595.[3]