Siege of Deventer (1591)
| Siege of Deventer (1591) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War & Maurice's campaign of 1591 | |||||||
The siege of Deventer in 1591 - print by Bartholomeus Dolendo | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Provinces England | Spanish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maurice of Nassau Francis Vere | Herman van den Bergh | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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9,000 infantry 1,600 cavalry 28 guns | 1,200 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200 | All surrendered | ||||||
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The siege of Deventer was a siege of the city of Deventer from 1 to 10 June 1591 during the Eighty Years' War by Dutch and English troops under Maurice of Nassau in an attempt to retake it from its Spanish garrison, commanded by Herman van den Bergh on behalf of the Spanish.