Battle of Sluis (1603)

Battle of Sluis (1603)
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Battle of Sluis, from the Legermuseum, Delft
Date	26 May 1603
Location	Sluis (present-day Netherlands)
Result	Dutch victory
Belligerents
United Provinces	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Joos de Moor	Federico Spinola †
Strength
3 men-of-war,; 2 galleys,; several minor vessels(Spanish source); 2 galleys, 2 smaller vessels. Dutch source	8 galleys,; 1,130 soldiers(Spanish source); 8 galleys, 4 smaller vessels(Dutch source)
Casualties and losses
50 dead or wounded; no ships lost(Dutch source); 720 killed,; 1 man-of-war sunk(Spanish source)	800 dead or wounded ; no ships lost(Dutch source); 414 killed(Spanish source)

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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.

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