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Siege of Ostend
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| Siege of Ostend | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| United Provinces | Spain | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Francis Vere | Archduke Albrecht Ambrosio Spinola |
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| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 30,000 dead or wounded 15,000 captured |
55,000 dead or wounded | ||||||
| Eighty Years' War |
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| 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 Siege of Ostend was a three-year siege that resulted in a Spanish victory. It is remembered as the bloodiest battle of the Eighty Years' War and one of the longest sieges in history: It is said "the Spanish assailed the unassailable; the Dutch defended the indefensible."[citation needed]
In 1603, General Spinola assumed command of the Spanish forces. Under his able leadership, the Spanish tore Ostend's outer defenses from the exhausted Dutch and put what remained of the city under the muzzles of their guns, compelling the Dutch to surrender. By that point the Spanish had lost almost 60,000 men in the blasted trenches and dugouts surrounding the ruined city.
The ruin and devastation of the siege led to negotiations that produced a twelve-year truce (1609-1621) between Spain and the United Provinces.
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