Siege of Lochem (1582)

Siege of Lochem
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Liberation of Lochem from the Spanish in 1582. Etching by Frans Hogenberg
Date	22 July to 15 September 1582
Location	Lochem ; (present-day the Netherlands)
Result	States-General victory
Belligerents
States-General	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Count of Hohenlohe; John Norreys	Francisco Verdugo; Juan Baptista de Taxis
Strength
5,000 soldiers; 2,500 cavalry	4,000 soldiers; 400 cavalry
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. The city was relieved by a States army under Count Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg and John Norreys on September 24, 1582. This marked the end of the Spanish siege of the city by the Spanish general Francisco Verdugo.