Battle of Wattrelos | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years’ War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Dutch rebels |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jan Denys |
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Strength | |||||||
200 infantry[2] |
150 infantry[2] 50 cavalry[2] |
The Battle of Wattrelos[1] at the Flemish (now French) town of Wattrelos on 27 December 1566 between a Calvinist rebel army[3] (sometimes described as "Geuzen"[1]) and troops of the Spanish Netherlands government. It is sometimes considered as one of the first battles of the Eighty Years' War.[4]
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