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Battle of Rheindalen

Part of Eighty Years' War

Date	25 April 1568
Location	Dalheim, Holy Roman Empire
Result	Spanish victory

Belligerents

Dutch rebels

Spain

Commanders

Joost de Soete

Sancho d'Avila

Strength

2,000

5,000

Casualties and losses

1,132

635

Dutch Revolt

Oosterweel – Rheindalen – Heiligerlee – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Zuiderzee – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Gembloux – Rijmenam – 1st Deventer – Maastricht – 1st Breda – Antwerp – Boksum – Zutphen – 1st Bergen op Zoom – Gravelines – 2nd Breda – 2nd Deventer – 2nd Groenlo – Turnhout – 3rd Groenlo – Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – 4th Groenlo – Gibraltar – 2nd Bergen op Zoom – 3rd Breda – 5th Groenlo – Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Maastricht – 4th Breda – Schenkenschans – Kallo – The Downs – Hulst – La Naval de Manila – Puerto de Cavite

The battle of Rheindalen was fought on April 23, 1568.

Joost de Soete, lord of Villers, marched into the region with a haphazard army of Dutch rebels. They tried to conquer Roermond, but when they failed, they retreated to Dalheim, where they were surprised by a Spanish army. The battle was won by the Spanish. This battle is sometimes considered the official start of the Eighty Years' War.

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Coordinates: 51°8′N 6°22′E / 51.133°N 6.367°E / 51.133; 6.367

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