Battle of Empel

Miracle of Empel
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; El milagro de Empel, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau (2015).
Date	December 6-8, 1585
Location	Empel, Netherlands, between the Meuse and Waal rivers.51°43′52″N 5°19′38″E
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
United Provinces;	Spain;
Commanders and leaders
Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein;	Juan del Águila; Francisco Arias de Bobadilla;
Strength
100-200 ships, 30,000 men	4,000-6,000 men
	Empel The Netherlands

The Miracle of Empel (Milagro de Empel in Spanish) was an unexpected Spanish victory on December 8, 1585, near Empel, in the Netherlands, as part of the Eighty Years' War, in which a surrounded Spanish force managed to escape when the waters around their island suddenly froze.

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