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| Battle of Rheindalen | |||||||
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| Part of Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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| Dutch Rebels |
 Spain | ||||||
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| Joost de Soete |
Sancho d'Avila | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,132 dead or wounded | 635 dead or wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Rheindalen was fought on April 23, 1568.
Joost de Soete, lord of Villers, marched into the region with a haphazard army of Dutch rebels. They tried to conquer Roermond, but when they failed, they retreated to Dalheim, where they were surprised by a Spanish army. The battle was won by the Spanish. This battle is sometimes considered the official start of the Eighty Years' War.
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