Siege of Bois-le-Duc

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event in the Eighty Years' War military operation siege

The Siege of Bois-le-Duc was a major 1629 Dutch siege during the Eighty Years' War in which the Protestant Dutch forces captured the strongly fortified, predominantly Catholic city of ’s-Hertogenbosch from Spanish control.

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Label	Occurrences
Siege of Bois-le-Duc canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ military operation ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Beleg van 's-Hertogenbosch ⓘ surface form: Beleg van Den Bosch Beleg van 's-Hertogenbosch ⓘ surface form: Beleg van ’s-Hertogenbosch siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ⓘ surface form: Siege of ’s-Hertogenbosch
belligerentSide	Protestant Dutch forces ⓘ predominantly Catholic defenders ⓘ
chronologyPosition	later phase of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
combatant	Dutch Republic ⓘ Holy Roman Empire forces aligned with Spain ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
commander	Anthonie Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonk ⓘ Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
conflict	Eighty Years' War ⓘ
country	Dutch Republic ⓘ
endTime	1629-09-14 ⓘ
followedBy	further Dutch advances in the southern Netherlands ⓘ
hasCause	Dutch attempt to weaken Spanish control in the Low Countries ⓘ
hasEffect	capture of ’s-Hertogenbosch by Dutch forces ⓘ loss of a major Catholic stronghold by Spain ⓘ strategic strengthening of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
hasReference	contemporary military reports and chronicles of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ
location	Duchy of Brabant ⓘ present-day Netherlands ⓘ ’s-Hertogenbosch NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater	Low Countries ⓘ
notableFeature	conducted against a strongly fortified city ⓘ involved large-scale engineering works ⓘ took place around a predominantly Catholic city ⓘ
objective	capture of the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ
opponent	Spanish Empire ⓘ
partOf	Eighty Years' War ⓘ
partOfCampaign	Dutch 1629 campaign against Spanish positions ⓘ
pointInTime	1629 ⓘ
politicalEntityAffected	Dutch Republic ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands
precededBy	earlier unsuccessful attempts to take ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ
religiousContext	Protestant–Catholic conflict in the Low Countries ⓘ
religiousMajorityOfCity	Catholic ⓘ
result	Dutch victory ⓘ
significantPlace	Meierij van ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ surface form: fortified city of ’s-Hertogenbosch
startTime	1629-04-30 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of a major fortress city in Brabant ⓘ opening routes into the southern Netherlands for the Dutch ⓘ
usedMethod	diversion of rivers and drainage of surrounding marshes ⓘ extensive siege works and entrenchments ⓘ

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siege of 's-Hertogenbosch → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Bois-le-Duc ⓘ

subject surface form: Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch