Nieuwpoort 1600 - The First Modern Battle

The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance 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. This book 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.

List of contents

Origins of the campaign
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefields today
Further reading
Index

About the author

Bouko de Groot, illustrated by Peter Dennis

Product details

• Authors: Bouko De Groot, Bouko de Groot
• Assisted by: Peter Dennis (Illustration), Peter (Illustrator) Dennis (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781472830814
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-3081-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Campaign; Campaign
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europäische Geschichte, 1500 bis heute, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Frühe moderne Kriegsführung (inklusive Schießpulver)