Battle of Punta Delgada

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Battle of Punta Delgada

Part of the Eighty Years' War

The landing of the Spanish Tercios at Terceira.

Date	26 July 1582
Location	Terceira, Azores Islands, present-day Portugal
Result	Decisive Spanish victory

Combatants

United Provinces

Huguenot France

Commanders

Filippo di Piero Strozzi †

Marquis de Santa Cruz

Strength

60 warships

28 warships

Casualties

1,200 dead
800 captured
10 ships sunk

224 dead
550 wounded

Oosterweel – Rheindalen – Heiligerlee – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Zuiderzee – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Gembloux – Maastricht – 1st Breda – Punta Delgada – Antwerp – Boksum – Zutphen – 1st Bergen op Zoom – Gravelines – 2nd Breda – Turnhout – Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – Gibraltar – 2nd Bergen op Zoom –3rd Breda – Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Maastricht – 4th Breda – Kallo – The Downs – Hulst – Puerto de Cavite

The naval Battle of Punta Delgada, also called the Battle of Terceira, took place on July 26, 1582 during the Eighty Years' War that resulted in the defeat of a combined Dutch, English, Portuguese, and French Huguenot fleet by a Spanish fleet under Santa Cruz. It completed the Spanish annexation of Portugal, securing the Azores for Spain.

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