Siege of Groenlo (1597)

Siege of Groenlo (1597)
Part of the Eighty Years' War

Depiction of the siege of Grol by Maurice in 1597
Date11–28 September 1597
Location
Groenlo, Gelderland
(present-day the Netherlands)
52°3′0.00″N 6°37′0.01″E / 52.0500000°N 6.6166694°E / 52.0500000; 6.6166694
Result Dutch-English victory
Belligerents
United Provinces
England		 Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Maurice of Nassau
Horace Vere		 Jan van Stirum
Strength
6,000 infantry
1,400 cavalry
14 artillery pieces		 800 infantry
300 cavalry
Location within Netherlands
Siege of Groenlo (1597) (North Sea)

The siege of Groenlo was a siege of Groenlo during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau after it had followed an unsuccessful siege by Maurice in 1595.

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