Battle of Old Fort Wayne

51°20′N 3°23′E / 51.333°N 3.383°E / 51.333; 3.383

The Battle of Sluis was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Spanish squadron commanded by the Italian captain Federico Spinola tried to break through a blockade of Sluis by Dutch ships under the command of Joos de Moor. After about two hours of fighting the heavily damaged Spanish ships returned to Sluis; Federico Spinola was killed during the action.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Fernández Duro p. 223
  2. ^ a b c d "Webspecials | Ministerie van Defensie". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  3. ^ a b Fernández Duro p. 224

Bibliography

  • Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Vol. III. Madrid, Spain: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra".

External links


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sluis_(1603)