Battle of Haarlemmermeer

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Battle of Haarlemmermeer
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Battle of Haarlemmermeer circa 1621 by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum.
Date 26 May 1573 Location Haarlemmermeer (present-day the Netherlands) Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch Rebels	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Martin Brand	Count of Bossu
Strength
150 warships[1][2]	100 warships[1][2]
Casualties and losses
21 ships captured[1]	Low

The Battle of Haarlemmermeer was a naval engagement during the Eighty Years' War in which a Spanish fleet, commanded by the count of Bossu, fought a Dutch fleet, commanded by the Sea Beggars, that was trying to break the Siege of Haarlem. After several hours of fight, The Sea Beggars were forced to retreat.

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References

• Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1895). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. II. Madrid, Spain: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra". 
• Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (2009). Dictionary of Battles from the Earliest Date to the Present Time. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 978-1-110-05778-8. 

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