Siege of IJsseloord

Siege of IJsseloord
Part of Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Dutch depiction of the siege of IJsseloord
Date 6 and 15 October 1585 Location Present day Arnhem, Netherlands 51°58′20″N 5°57′13″E / 51.972219°N 5.953522°E / 51.972219; 5.953522 Result Dutch-English victory[1][2]
Belligerents
United Provinces England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Adolf Nieuwenaar John Norreys	Francisco Verdugo
Strength
3,000	Unknown

The siege of IJsseloord or the capture of Arnhem was a siege that took place between the 6 and 15 October 1585 at Arnhem (Gelderland in the Netherlands) during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). The Dutch and English were victorious when the sconce of IJsseloord after seven days capitulated and Arnhem fell into their hands.

The English under Queen Elizabeth I had just signed the treaty of Nonsuch in August and as such the English contingent was enlarged and put under temporary command of John Norreys. After crossing the English Channel they joined the States troops of Adolf van Nieuwenaar then headed towards Arnhem with 2,500 men where they intended to retake a sconce called IJsseloord.^[3] In the 16th century IJsseloord was a point that connected the Rhine and the IJssel and as such it was a strategic point running towards Zutphen and Deventer.^[1]