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Battle of Nieuwpoort
Part of the Eighty Years' War

Prince Maurice at the Battle of Nieuwpoort
by Pauwels van Hillegaert. Oil on canvas
Date2 July 1600
Location
Nieuwpoort (present-day Belgium)
51°9′21″N 2°44′18″E / 51.15583°N 2.73833°E / 51.15583; 2.73833
Result States Army victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Dutch Republic Netherlands
England England
Kingdom of Scotland Scotland
Battle of Nieuwpoort Spain
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Maurice of Nassau
England Francis Vere
Kingdom of Scotland William Edmonds
Spain Archduke Albert
Strength
10,000 infantry
1,400 cavalry
14 guns
10,000 infantry
1,200 cavalry[3]
9 guns
Casualties and losses
1,700[3]-2,700 dead or wounded[4] 4,000 killed, wounded or captured[4][5]

The Battle of Nieuwpoort,[6] was fought on 2 July 1600 during the Eighty Years War and the Anglo-Spanish war in the dunes near Nieuwpoort.[7] The Anglo-Dutch companies met the Spanish veterans head which, although their left flank nearly broke, were able to assail them with both infantry and cavalry. The Spanish gradually scattered in all directions and left their guns on the field.[8]

  1. ^ Scannell 2014, p. 120.
  2. ^ Questier 2019, p. 95.
  3. ^ a b Van Nimwegen 2010, p. 169.
  4. ^ a b van der Hoeven 1997, p. 106.
  5. ^ Oman 1937, p. 599.
  6. ^ Also known as the Battle of the Dunes
  7. ^ Knight, Charles Raleigh (1905). Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Volume I. London: Gale & Polden. pp. 46–49. OL 6338310M.
  8. ^ McNab 2017, p. 30.

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