Siege of Oldenzaal (1597)
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The siege of Oldenzaal was a short siege that took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange of the city of Oldenzaal from 20 to
Siege of Oldenzaal in 1597
Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury was an English army officer who served in the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War. A brother of Francis Vere, he was sent to the Electoral Palatinate by
Siege of Oldenzaal (1597)
…and brother-in-law) William Louis meanwhile drew his portion of the army some 4,000 strong to Oldenzaal with the rest of the English troops under Horace Vere. Since 1572 Oldenzaal had been in the hands of the Spaniards with the Catholic Church deeply rooted and every year a procession celebrated the Beggars…
Portrait by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt
Horace Vere in 1594.
1st Baron Vere of Tilbury in Holland by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt