The siege of Huy of 1595, also known as the assault of Huy, took place between 7 and 20 March 1595, at
Huy,
Archbishopric of Liège,
Low Countries, as part of the
Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Refo ...
and the
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England. It was never formally declared. The war included much English privateering against Spanish ships, and several wid ...
.
It concluded in a Spanish victory.
Capture
Despite the promises of
Prince Maurice of Orange to relieve Huy, the forces of the new
Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, Don
Pedro Henríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes ''(
Spanish: Conde de Fuentes)'', led by Don
Valentín Pardieu de la Motte, after a short siege and low resistance, captured the town and the
citadel from the combined
Protestant troops of
Charles de Héraugière.
Thirteen days later, on March 20, Héraugière, unable to keep the defense, agreed to terms of capitulation between the Protestant forces and the Spaniards.
[Nuyens p.177]
The Spanish forces were composed of two Spanish
tercio
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s led by Don
Luis de Velasco and Don
Antonio de Zúñiga, two
German
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regiments, three
Walloon regiments, and some pieces of artillery.
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The majority of the Protestant forces were composed of
Dutch troops, about 1,800
infantry and
cavalry
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, which included a regiment of
Scots commanded by General Barthold Balfour, and a contingent of
Huguenots.
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Abuses
Although Huy was declared neutral in the war during the occupation by the forces of Héraugière, the population endured great abuses by the Protestant soldiers. Several churches and many houses were looted.Philip of Nassau
Philip of Nassau or Filips of Nassau (1 December 1566, Dillenburg – 3 September 1595, Rheinberg) was a Count of House of Nassau, Nassau, County of Katzenelnbogen, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Diez (Verbandsgemeinde), Dietz, fought for the ...
for control of an advantageous position from which to open a short route and aid the operations of the French troops commanded by the Duke of Bouillon in the borders of Luxembourg.[Motley pp. 14–15]
See also
* Siege of Groenlo (1595)
* Siege of Le Catelet (1595)
The siege of Le Catelet, also known as the Capture of Le Catelet, took place at the stronghold of Le Catelet, in Picardy, between 20 and 26 June 1595, as part of the Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598) in the context of the French Wars of Religion.De ...
* Ernest of Bavaria
* Archbishopric of Liège
* List of Governors of the Spanish Netherlands
Notes
References
* Tracy, J.D. (2008). ''The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance, and Politics in Holland 1572–1588''. Oxford University Press.
* John Lothrop Motley. ''History of the Netherlands, 1595''. Chapter XXXI. HardPress Publishing.
* Giménez Martín, Juan. ''Tercios de Flandes''. Ediciones Falcata Ibérica. First edition 1999, Madrid.
* Darby, Graham. ''The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt''. First published 2001. London.
* Abraham Jacob Aa. ''Herinneringen uit het gebied der geschiedenis betrekkelijk de Nederlanden.'' J.C.van Kesteren, 1835.
* Kamen, Henry. Spain, 1469-1714: ''A Society Of Conflict. Pearson Education Limited''. United Kingdom (2005).
External links
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