Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign

Meuse campaign
Part of the Eighty Years' War

The Siege of Maastricht was the most major siege during this campaign
Date1 June–22 August 1632
Location
Along the Meuse
Result Dutch Victory
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic  Spain
 Imperial Army
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Henry
Ernest Casimir  †
Horace Vere		 Guillaume de Bette
Lelio Brancaccio
Gonzalo de Córdoba
Peter Bossman
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.

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