Siege of Lochem (1582)

Siege of Lochem
Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War
Liberation of Lochem from the Spanish in 1582. Etching by Frans Hogenberg
Date 22 July to 15 September 1582 Location Lochem (present-day the Netherlands) Result Protestant-States victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Dutch Republic England Huguenots Scotland	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Count of Hohenlohe John Norreys	Francisco Verdugo Juan Baptista de Taxis
Strength
5,000 soldiers 2,500 cavalry[3]	4,000 soldiers 400 cavalry[4]
Casualties and losses
Low	High

The siege of Lochem also known as the Relief of Lochem was a siege that took place in the Dutch city of Lochem during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The city was relieved by a States army composing of English and French Huguenot troops under Count Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg and John Norreys on September 24, 1582.^[5] This marked the end of the Spanish siege of the city by the Spanish general Francisco Verdugo.^[1][6]