Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a three-year siege of the city of Ostend during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. A Spanish force under Archduke Albrecht besieged the fortress being held initially by a Dutch force which was reinforced by English troops under Francis Vere who became the town's governor. It was said "the Spanish assailed the unassailable; the Dutch defended the indefensible." The commitment of both sides in the dispute over the only place in the Dutch province of Flanders, made the campaign continue for more than any other during the war. Thus causing one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in world history: more than 100,000 people were killed, wounded or succumbed to disease during the siege.
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Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a three-year siege of the city of Ostend during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. A Spanish force under Archduke Albrecht besieged the fortress being held initially by a Dutch force which was reinforced by English troops under Francis Vere who became the town's governor. It was said "the Spanish assailed the unassailable; the Dutch defended the indefensible." The commitment of both sides in the dispute over the only place in the Dutch province of Flanders, made the campaign continue for more than any other during the war. Thus causing one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in world history: more than 100,000 people were killed, wounded or succumbed to disease during the siege.
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Die Belagerung von Ostende fan ...... lagerungen der Frühen Neuzeit.
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El sitio de Ostende fue un ase ...... en la Tregua de los doce años.
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Het Beleg van Oostende was de ...... meerdere tienduizenden doden.
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L'assedio di Ostenda fu un ass ...... on la vittoria degli spagnoli.
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Le siège d'Ostende (4 juillet ...... gnole sur les Provinces-Unies.
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Oblężenie Ostendy – oblężenie, ...... torii nowożytnej tego regionu.
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The Siege of Ostend was a thre ...... ed by the Twelve Years' Truce.
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Осада Остенде — трехлетняя оса ...... ией и Голландской Республикой.
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3,000 surrendered
30,000 – 45,000 killed, wounded or succumbed to disease
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United Provinces
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1601-07-05
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PyrrhicSpanish victory
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2,500–8,000 (peak)
9,000–20,000 (peak)
Total: ~50,000 (by rotation)
Total: ~80,000 (by rotation)
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Siege of Ostend
by Pieter Snayers, oil on canvas.
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Die Belagerung von Ostende fan ...... lagerungen der Frühen Neuzeit.
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El sitio de Ostende fue un ase ...... texto de la Guerra de Flandes.
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Het Beleg van Oostende was de ...... meerdere tienduizenden doden.
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L'assedio di Ostenda fu un ass ...... on la vittoria degli spagnoli.
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Le siège d'Ostende (4 juillet ...... gnole sur les Provinces-Unies.
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Oblężenie Ostendy – oblężenie, ...... torii nowożytnej tego regionu.
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The Siege of Ostend was a thre ...... d to disease during the siege.
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Осада Остенде — трехлетняя оса ...... окружении разрушенного города.
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Assedio di Ostenda
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Belagerung von Ostende
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Beleg van Oostende
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Oblężenie Ostendy
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Siege of Ostend
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Sitio de Ostende
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Siège d'Ostende (1601-1604)
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Осада Остенде
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Siege of Ostend
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