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  • Fall of Antwerp
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  • Relieved from the great battles with the Ottomans in the Mediterranean, Philip II of Spain turned his attention back to the uprising in the Low Countries and in 1579 sent Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma to head his army in Flanders to regain control over Flanders, Brabant and the United Provinces. When the siege of Antwerp began (1585) most of the County of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant, including Brussels, had been recaptured in the preceding year. The army of Flanders had been reinforced in the previous years, both in quantity and quality, and in 1585 it had 61,000 men under arms.
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Strength
  • 40000
  • 80000
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Partof
  • the Eighty Years' War
Date
  • --08-17
Commander
  • Alessandro Farnese
  • Philips van Marnix
Caption
  • Dutch Finis Bellis, a fortified ship meant to break the Spanish blockade.
Casualties
  • 8000
  • Unknown
Result
  • Decisive Spanish victory
combatant
  • Spain
  • Estates General
Place
  • Antwerp
Conflict
  • Siege of Antwerp
abstract
  • Relieved from the great battles with the Ottomans in the Mediterranean, Philip II of Spain turned his attention back to the uprising in the Low Countries and in 1579 sent Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma to head his army in Flanders to regain control over Flanders, Brabant and the United Provinces. When the siege of Antwerp began (1585) most of the County of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant, including Brussels, had been recaptured in the preceding year. The army of Flanders had been reinforced in the previous years, both in quantity and quality, and in 1585 it had 61,000 men under arms.