Siege of Middelburg (1572–1574)
| Siege of Middelburg (1572–1574) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
Map of the Siege of Middelburg by Frans Hogenberg | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Dutch rebels | Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William of Orange Jerome de Tseraarts Thomas Morgan |
Cristóbal de Mondragón Antoine of Burgundy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Unknown Many to disease |
Heavy Surrender of garrison | ||||||
The siege of Middelburg (1572–1574) lasted over a year during the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch rebel army besieged Middelburg, which was being held by Spanish forces under Cristóbal de Mondragón, on 4 November 1572. The Spanish held out and only capitulated on 18 February 1574, when news arrived that a relief effort to save Middelburg was defeated at Rimmerswiel.