Capture of Aalst (1584)

Capture of Aalst (1584)
Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Map of the city of Aalst in 1581.
Date Early February, 1584 Location Aalst, County of Aalst, Flanders (present-day Belgium) Result Spanish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
United Provinces  England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Alexander Farnese

The Capture of Aalst of 1584, also known as the Betrayal of Aalst, took place in early February, 1584, at

The advance of the Prince of Parma was unstoppable, and on April 7, after three months of siege, the city of Ypres surrendered.^[4] The next goal of the Spaniards was Bruges, and on May 24, the city capitulated without a single shot fired.^[4]

• Army of Flanders
• Sir William Stanley
• Rowland York
• List of governors of the Spanish Netherlands

• ISBN 84-86763-26-6
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• Willem J. F. Nuyens. Geschiedenis der nederlandsche beroerten in de XVIe eeuw: Geschiedenis van den opstand in de Nederlanden, van de komst van Alva tot aan de bevrediging van Gend: (1567-1576). Landenhuysen, 1867. (in Dutch)

• España y la rebelión de Flandes by Geoffrey Parker (in Spanish)