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The Siege of Dunkirk was a siege commenced by France under the command of Louis, le Grand Condé with naval support of the Dutch Republic under the command of admiral Maarten Tromp, who were able to blockade the city to help Condé's siege.
Naval battles of the Thirty Years' War involving Spain (16 P) ... Siege of Dunkirk (1646) F. Battle of Fleurus (1622) Siege of Frankenthal; Siege of Fuenterrabía ...
Dunkirk (UK: / d ʌ n ˈ k ɜːr k / dun- ... Spanish Netherlands 1583–1646 France 1646–1652 ... In 1658, as a result of the long war between France and Spain, ...
During the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), the Dunkirkers or Dunkirk Privateers were commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish monarchy and later the Kingdom of France. They were also part of the Dunkirk fleet , which consequently was a part of the Spanish monarchy's Flemish fleet (Armada de Flandes) .
The siege of Dunkirk in 1658 was a military operation by France and the Commonwealth of England intended to capture the fortified port city of Dunkirk, Spain's greatest privateering base, from a Spanish garrison strengthened with English Royalists and French Fronduers.
The Franco-Spanish War was fought from 1635 to 1659 between France and Spain, each supported by various allies at different points.The first phase, beginning in May 1635 and ending with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, is considered a related conflict of the Thirty Years' War.
A map of the fort of Mardyck and the attacks of 1646, from the Atlas van Loon. The fort of Mardyck was constructed in 1622 by architect Jean Gamel. It was built for the Spanish who ruled Flanders at the time. The fort was captured by the French in 1644 but then lost to the Spanish in 1652.
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