Battle of Kallo

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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

The Battle of Kallo (June 20th 1638) was a battle of the Eighty Years' War. It took place when a Dutch army tried to surround the city of Antwerp. As the Dutch approached, Ferdinand of Austria managed to assemble an army and almost miraculously is able to repulse the much larger Dutch army. The Dutch army lost a few hundred men including the son of its commander.