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Siege of Sluis (1604)

Siege of Sluis (1604)
Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War

The capture of Sluis by the Dutch and English army in 1604 from the Atlas Van Loon
Date19 May – 19 August 1604
Location
Sluis & surrounding region, Spanish Netherlands
(present-day Netherlands)
51°18′30″N 3°23′10″E / 51.30833°N 3.38611°E / 51.30833; 3.38611
Result Dutch and English victory[1][2][3]
Territorial
changes		 Spanish East Flanders annexed by the Dutch[4][5]
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic
England England		  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Maurice of Orange
England Horace Vere
Dutch Republic William Louis		 Spain Ambrogio Spinola
Spain Luis de Velasco
Spain Mateo Serrano  Surrendered
Strength
11,000[1] 15,000[6]
4,200 (Sluis)[Note A]
Casualties and losses
800 casualties, sick or dead to disease[2] 2,000 casualties, sick or dead to disease[Note B]
5,800 captured[Note C]
10 galleys[7]
15 assorted ships[8]: 148 
1,400 slaves released[6]

The siege of Sluis (1604), also known as the Sluis campaign or the Battle of the Oostburg Line, was a series of military actions that took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War from 19 May to 19 August 1604.[9] A States and English army under Prince Maurice of Orange and Horace Vere respectively crossed the Scheldt estuary and advanced on land taking Cadzand, Aardenburg, and IJzendijke in the Spanish Netherlands.[10] This soon led to the culmination of the siege of the Spanish-held inland port of Sluis.[4][11]

Initially it was hoped that with Ostend under siege for three years by the Spanish, an attempted relief by Maurice's army could be achieved.[12] Even though Ostend would finally fall into the hands of the Spanish, Sluis, an important stronghold itself, was eventually captured after tough fighting which included the defeat of a Spanish relief force under Ambrogio Spinola and Luis de Velasco.[2][5]

  1. ^ a b Edmondson pp 136–37
  2. ^ a b c Dalton pp 117–119
  3. ^ Prak p 66
  4. ^ a b Dijksterhuis Jan, ed. (1964). C.V. Swets & Zeitlinger. The Principal Works of Simon Stevin, Volume 4 Eduard. p. 25.
  5. ^ a b Duffy p 89
  6. ^ a b Motley, John Lothrop (1869). History of the United Netherlands from the death of William the silent to the Synod of Dort, with a full view of the English-Dutch struggle against Spain, and of the origin and destruction of the Spanish armada, Volume 4. pp. 198–200.
  7. ^ Simoni p 200
  8. ^ Watson and Thomson, Robert and William (1792). The History of the Reign of Philip III King of Spain, Volume 1. Bavarian State Library. pp. 143–50.
  9. ^ Jacques p 952
  10. ^ Markham pp 368–69
  11. ^ Belleroche pp 69–71
  12. ^ Knight, Charles Raleigh: Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Vol I London, Gale & Polden, 1905, pp 53–54

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