Siege of Middelburg (1572–1574)

Siege of Middelburg (1572–1574)
Part of the Eighty Years' War

Map of the Siege of Middelburg by Frans Hogenberg
Date4 November 1572 – 18 February 1574
Location
Middelburg
(Present-day Netherlands)
51°30′N 3°37′E / 51.500°N 3.617°E / 51.500; 3.617
Result Dutch and English victory
Belligerents
United Provinces
England
Scotland		 Spain
Commanders and leaders
William of Orange
Jerome Tseraerts
Thomas Morgan		 Cristóbal de Mondragón
Antoine of Burgundy
Strength
5,000 3,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Many to disease		 Heavy
Surrender of garrison

The siege of Middelburg (1572–1574) lasted over a year during the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch rebel army with the support of the English laid siege to Middelburg, which was being held by Spanish forces under Cristóbal de Mondragón, on 4 November 1572. The Spanish held out and only capitulated on 18 February 1574, when news arrived that a relief effort to save Middelburg was defeated at Rimmerswiel.

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