Meuse campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
The Siege of Maastricht was the most major siege during this campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Dutch Republic |
Spain Imperial Army[a] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frederick Henry Ernest Casimir † Horace Vere |
Guillaume de Bette Lelio Brancaccio Gonzalo de Córdoba Peter Bossman[b] Graf zu Pappenheim | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Maastricht: 17,000 infantry 4,000 cavalry Roermond: 20,000 men Venlo: Unknown |
Maastricht: 20,000 infantry 6,000 cavalry 3,000 armed citizens Roermond: A garrison of 300 men Venlo: Unknown |
The Meuse campaign was a major operation during the Dutch Revolt led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange in which he took the cities of Venlo, Roermond, Sittard and Maastricht.[1][2][3]
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