Siege of Hulst (1640)

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The Siege of Hulst (1640) was a major engagement of the Eighty Years' War in which Dutch and allied forces captured the fortified town of Hulst from Spanish control.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Hulst (1640 campaign) 1
Siege of Hulst (1640) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Hulst (1640 campaign) ⓘ
belligerentSide Spanish Army of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Army of Flanders

States Army of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
combatant Dutch Republic ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
commandedBy Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
commanderForSide Anthonie Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonk (Spanish Empire) ⓘ
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (Dutch Republic) ⓘ
conflictIn Eighty Years' War ⓘ
conflictType early modern siege warfare ⓘ
countryAtLocation present-day Netherlands ⓘ
defendedBy Spanish garrison of Hulst ⓘ
defendingCommander Anthonie Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonk ⓘ
followedBy continued Dutch operations in the Scheldt region ⓘ
garrisonSide Spanish Empire ⓘ
hasEndDate 1640-11-04 ⓘ
hasLocation County of Flanders ⓘ
Hulst ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
present-day Netherlands ⓘ
hasStartDate 1640-10-19 ⓘ
hasYear 1640 ⓘ
historicalRegion Flanders ⓘ
involved field fortifications ⓘ
siege artillery ⓘ
notableLeader Anthonie Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonk ⓘ
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
objective capture of the fortified town of Hulst ⓘ
opposingForce Dutch Republic vs Spanish Empire ⓘ
partOf Eighty Years' War ⓘ
partOfCampaign Frederick Henry's 1640 campaign ⓘ
precededBy earlier campaigns of Frederick Henry in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
result Dutch victory ⓘ
capture of Hulst by Dutch forces ⓘ
resultedIn transfer of Hulst from Spanish to Dutch control ⓘ
weakening of Spanish defensive line in Flanders ⓘ
strategicImportance control of approaches to the Scheldt estuary ⓘ
pressure on Spanish positions in Flanders ⓘ
surrenderedOn 1640-11-04 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring later phase of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
tookPlaceIn 17th century ⓘ
usedTactics encirclement of the town ⓘ
trench approaches ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz → notableBattle → Siege of Hulst (1640) ⓘ
Siege of Hulst (1640) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Hulst (1640 campaign) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Hulst (1640)