Battle of Haarlemmermeer
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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.
The Battle of Haarlemmermeer was a naval engagement during the Eighty Years' War in which a Spanish fleet, commanded by the count of Bossu
Maximilien de Hénin-Liétard
Maximilien de Hénin-Liétard, Count of Boussu was a soldier and statesman from the Habsburg Netherlands. During the Eighty Years' War he was the royalist stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht from 1567 until he was made a prisoner of war during the Battle on the Zuiderzee in 1573...
, fought a Dutch fleet, commanded by the Sea Beggars
Geuzen
Geuzen was a name assumed by the confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles and other malcontents, who from 1566 opposed Spanish rule in the Netherlands. The most successful group of them operated at sea, and so were called Watergeuzen...
, that was trying to break the Siege of Haarlem
Siege of Haarlem
The siege of Haarlem was an episode of the Eighty Years' War. From December 11, 1572 to July 13, 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands, whose loyalties had begun wavering during the previous summer...
. After several hours of fight, The Sea Beggars were forced to retreat.