Battle of Jemmingen

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Battle of Jemmingen
Part of the Eighty Years' War
The Battle of Jemmingen by Frans Hogenberg
Date 21 July 1568 Location Jemmingen, East Frisia Result Decisive Spanish victory
Combatants
Dutch rebels	Spain
Commanders
Louis of Nassau	Duke of Alva
Strength
10,000 infantry 2,000 cavalry 16 guns	12,000 infantry 3,000 cavalry
Casualties
7,000 dead or wounded	80 dead 220 wounded

Eighty Years' War

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

After the Battle of Heiligerlee Louis of Nassau failed to capture the city Groningen. Louis was driven away by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva and defeated at the Battle of Jemmingen (also known as Battle of Jemgum, at Jemgum in East Frisia) on 21 July 1568.

The Spanish army consisted of 12,000 infantry (4 tercios), 3,000 cavalry, and some guns. Louis of Nassau opposed them with 10,000 infantry (2 groups), some cavalry, and 16 guns.

After three hours of skirmishes, Louis' army left its trenches and advanced. Pounded by effective musket fire and intimidated by the Spanish cavalry, the advance turned into a general retreat towards the river Ems. The Duke of Alva lost 80 men. Louis of Nassau lost 7,000 men.

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• The Battle of Jemmingen