Battle of Lekkerbeetje

Battle of Lekkerbeetje
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Battle of Bréauté and Lekkerbeetje, by Sebastian Vrancx
Date	5 February 1600
Location	Vught Heath outside 's-Hertogenbosch, (present-day Netherlands)
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
United Provinces	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Pierre de Bréauté	Gerard Abrahams
Strength
22 cavalrymen	22 cavalrymen
Casualties and losses
14	5

The Battle of Lekkerbeetje or Lekkerbeetken (5 February 1600) was a cavalry duel fought by pre-arrangement on Vughterheide near 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, between 22 Brabantine cavalrymen loyal to Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, garrisoned in 's-Hertogenbosch, and 22 French cavalrymen serving in the army of the Dutch Republic.^[1]

^ Meteren, Emanuel Van (1755). Historie van de oorlogen en geschiedenissen der Nederlanden, en derzelven naburen 1315-1611 (in Dutch). Gorinchem: Goetzee. pp. 319–323. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[1] Meteren, Emanuel Van (1755). Historie van de oorlogen en geschiedenissen der Nederlanden, en derzelven naburen 1315-1611 (in Dutch). Gorinchem: Goetzee. pp. 319–323. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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