Battle of Gembloux
| Battle of Gembloux | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Dutch rebels | Spain | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Unknown | John of Austria | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 10,000 dead, wounded, or captured | 100 dead or wounded | ||||||
| Eighty Years' War |
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| Oosterweel – Rheindalen – Heiligerlee – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Zuiderzee – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Gembloux – Maastricht – 1st Breda – Punta Delgada – Antwerp – Boksum – Zutphen – 1st Bergen op Zoom – Gravelines – 2nd Breda – Turnhout – Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – Gibraltar – 2nd Bergen op Zoom –3rd Breda – Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Maastricht – 4th Breda – Kallo – The Downs – Hulst – Puerto de Cavite |
The Battle of Gembloux marked a terrible defeat for the Protestant rebels fighting against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. On January 31 1578, Spanish forces under John of Austria (Don Juan de Austria) destroyed the Protestant army at Gembloux. Local resistance was crushed and the region pacified shortly afterwards.
Categories
1578 | Battles of the Eighty Years' War | Battles of the United Provinces | Battles of the Netherlands