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
Date22 July to 15 September 1582
Location
Lochem
(present-day the Netherlands)
Result Protestant-States victory[1][2]
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic
England England
Huguenots
Kingdom of Scotland Scotland
 Spain
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Count of Hohenlohe
England John Norreys
Spain Francisco Verdugo
Spain 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]

  1. ^ a b Nolan p 101
  2. ^ Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1888). Reports. p. 141.
  3. ^ Butler, Arthur John, ed. (1909). Calendar of State Papers Foreign, Elizabeth, Volume 16, May-December 1582. Public Record Office: Longman, Roberts & Green. p. 394.
  4. ^ Nolan p 56
  5. ^ Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1740). Histoire universelle de Jacques-Auguste de Thou (French). National Library of the Netherlands: H. Scheurleer. pp. 208–09.
  6. ^ van den Broek pp 125-28

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