Siege of Mozambique (1608)
| Siege of Mozambique (1608) | |||||||
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| Part of Dutch–Portuguese War | |||||||
1598 Dutch map of Mozambique Island. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Portuguese Empire | Dutch East India Company | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Dom Estêvão de Ataíde | Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 carrack, 2 galleons 150 men. | 9 fluyts, 4 yachts, 1,840 or 2,000 soldiers. | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 ships. | 30 dead, 80 wounded. | ||||||
The siege of Mozambique of 1608 was a second, unsuccessful, attack by the Dutch East India Company on the Portuguese fortress of Mozambique, on the island of Mozambique, in 1608.
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