Siege Of Rheinberg (1606)
Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1633) Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606) Sieg ...

Siege Of Rheinberg (1586–90)
Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1633) Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606) Sieg ...

Siege Of Rheinberg (1597)
The siege of Rheinberg took place from the 9 to 19 August 1597 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War (1585), Anglo–Spanish War by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange. The siege ended with the capitulation and the withdrawal of the Spanish after much unrest in the garrison. The liberation of the city of Rheinberg was the commencement of Maurice's campaign of 1597, a successful offensive against the Spaniards during the period known as the ''Ten Glory Years''.Israel pg 29-30 Background The fortified town of Rheinberg, which had been in the possession of the Electorate of Cologne, had been garrisoned by the Spanish for seven years after the place was Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590), finally taken by Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld on 3 February 1590 after a four-year siege. In mid 1597, the States-General of the Netherlands, government at The Hague with improved funding ordered a new campaign for Maurice of Orange ...
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Siege Of Rheinberg (1598)
Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1633) Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606) Sieg ...

Siege Of Rheinberg (1601)
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. 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. The towns of Meurs surrendered soon after. Background In mid-June 1601 Albert of Austria was in preparation to besiege the Anglo-Dutch held town of Ostend, and at the same time the States General demanded that the stadtholder Maurice of Orange should march to relieve the city. Francis Vere, the English governor of Ostend, was frustrated at the lack of Dutch response from both the States General and from Maurice; particularly when a few veteran English companies including Ed ...
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Siege Of Rheinberg (1606)
Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1633) Siege of Rheinberg may refer to: * Siege of Rheinberg (1586–90), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1597), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1598), Spanish victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1601), Dutch victory * Siege of Rheinberg (1606) Sieg ...