Battle of Wattrelos

Battle of Wattrelos
	Part of the Eighty Years’ War
Date	27 December 1566
Location	Wattrelos, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands (present-day France)50°42′N 3°13′E / 50.700°N 3.217°E
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch rebels	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Jan Denys	Maximilian Vilain
Strength
200 infantry	150 infantry; 50 cavalry

The Battle of Wattrelos^[1] at the Flemish (now French) town of Wattrelos on 27 December 1566 between a Calvinist rebel army^[3] (sometimes described as "Geuzen"^[1]) and troops of the Spanish Netherlands government. It is sometimes considered as one of the first battles of the Eighty Years' War.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Anton van der Lem. "Wattrelos". dutchrevolt.leiden.edu (in Dutch). Leiden University. Retrieved 31 July 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c DuPlessis 2002, p. 228.
^ Cite error: The named reference Van der Lem Noircarmes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Van der Wee 1969, p. 15.

[Van_der_Lem_Wattrelos-1] Anton van der Lem. "Wattrelos". dutchrevolt.leiden.edu (in Dutch). Leiden University. Retrieved 31 July 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

[FOOTNOTEDuPlessis2002228-2] DuPlessis 2002, p. 228.

[Van_der_Lem_Noircarmes-3] Cite error: The named reference Van der Lem Noircarmes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[FOOTNOTEVan_der_Wee196915-4] Van der Wee 1969, p. 15.

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