Battle of Lillo
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Battle of Lillo | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
![]() Battle of Lillo, tapestry by Jan de Maecht (1597/98) at the Zeeuws Museum | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Dutch Rebels |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lodewijk van Boisot | Juan Adolf van Haamstede | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
64 ships | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
No ships lost | 10 ships captured |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Zeeslag_bij_Lillo%2C_RP-F-00-5461.jpg/220px-Zeeslag_bij_Lillo%2C_RP-F-00-5461.jpg)
The Battle of Lillo was a naval battle that took place during the Eighty Years' War.[1][2] A Dutch fleet under the command of Lodewijk van Boisot defeated a Spanish fleet at anchor between the fortresses of Lillo and Liefkenshoek near Antwerp. The Spanish lost ten ships which were captured by the Dutch.
References
[edit]- ^ "Eighty Years' War". Historisch Museum Den Briel.
- ^ Campbell, Thomas P.; Bertrand, Pascal-François; N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York (2007). Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-58839-230-5.