Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1588)

Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom

Date	September 23 - November 13, 1588
Location	Bergen op Zoom, Brabant (present-day the Netherlands)
Result	Dutch victory

Belligerents

United Provinces
England

Spain

Commanders and leaders

Maurice of Nassau
Peregrine Bertie

Duke of Parma

Dutch Revolt

Oosterweel
Dahlen
Heiligerlee
Groningen
Jemmingen
Jodoigne
Brielle
Goes
Mechelen (1572)
Zutphen (1572)
Naarden
Haarlem
Flushing
Borsele
Haarlemmermeer
Zuiderzee
Namur
Alkmaar
Leiden
Reimerswaal
Mookerheyde
Buren
Zierikzee
Aalst
Maastricht (1576)
Antwerp (1576)
Gembloux
Rijmenam
1st Deventer
Maastricht (1579)
Mechelen (1580)
Hardenberg
1st Breda
Dunkirk
Antwerp (1584-85)
Empel
Boksum
Zutphen (1586)
1st Bergen op Zoom
Gravelines
Medemblik
Spain
Geertruidenberg
2nd Breda
2nd Deventer
2nd Groenlo
Turnhout
3rd Groenlo
2nd Bredevoort
Doetinchem
Nieuwpoort
Ostend
Sluys
Lingen
4th Groenlo
Gibraltar
Playa-Honda
2nd Gibraltar
Jülich
2nd Bergen op Zoom
3rd Breda
Bahia
Puerto Rico
5th Groenlo
Bay of Matanzas
's-Hertogenbosch
Albrolhos
Bruges
Slaak
Maastricht (1632)
Saint Martin
Leuven
Schenkenschans
Lizard Point
4th Breda
Venlo
Kallo
Geldern
English Channel
The Downs
Providencia
1st Hulst
Cape St. Vincent
2nd Saint Martin
2nd Hulst
La Naval de Manila
Puerto de Cavite

The first Siege of Bergen op Zoom were a series of three surprise attacks by the Duke of Parma lasting from September 23rd till November 13th 1588. The Spanish army compromised almost 5.000 men. The short siege ended with the appearance of a Dutch army under Maurice of Nassau which cause the Spanish to flee. The Spanish lost 500 men to the garrison of Bergen op Zoom.