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Nieuwpoort 1600: The First Modern Battle

Nieuwpoort 1600: The First Modern Battle

Groot, Bouko De
Dennis, Peter

Paperback

Series: Campaign, Book 334

General World HistoryMilitary StrategyOther Wars

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ISBN10: 1472830814
ISBN13: 9781472830814
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: Sep 17 2019
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.30 Width: 7.20 Depth: 9.70
Language: English

Nieuwpoort 1600 uses specially commissioned artwork to reveal one of the greatest battles of the Eighty Years' War--one whose influence on military theory and practice ever since has been highly significant.

The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious toleration from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that followed convinced Dutch leaders that they now should go on the offensive. This campaign pitted two famous leaders' sons against each other: Maurice of Nassau and Archduke Albert VII. One led an unproven new model army, the other Spain's unbeatable Tercios, each around 11,000-men strong.

The Dutch wanted to land near Nieuwpoort, take it and then march on to Dunkirk, northern home port of the Spanish fleet, but they were cut off by the resurgent and reunited Spanish army. The two forces then met on the beach and in the dunes north of Nieuwpoort.

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