Siege of Coevorden (1593)

Siege of Coevorden (1593–94)
Part of the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War
Relief of Coevorden by Maurice of Orange, 1594
Date 28 October 1593 – 6 May 1594 Location Coevorden Present day the Netherlands Result Dutch and English victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Dutch Republic Kingdom of England	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Maurice of Orange Francis Vere Caspar van Eussum (Coevorden)	Francisco Verdugo Herman van den Bergh
Strength
12,000 infantry 2,000 cavalry	8,000[3]
Casualties and losses
Light	Heavy[4]

The siege of Coevorden was a thirty-one-week siege of the city of Coevorden in the province of Drenthe by the Spanish general Francisco Verdugo during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The siege first commenced in October 1593, but winter and shortages of food and supplies forced the Spanish into winter quarters.^[5][6] The siege however recommenced in March 1594, but on May 6 Maurice of Orange arrived with an Anglo-Dutch army to relieve Coevorden, forcing the Spanish army under Francisco Verdugo to retreat.^[7]