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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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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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)