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		The Germans were stopped by the allied at the frontline along the Yser, the battle of the Yser.
		The Battle of the Scheldt in October 1944 was fought primarily on Dutch soil, but with the intent of opening the waterway to Antwerp.
		The port city was also the main objective of German armies in December; the inability of the Allies to end the war in 1944 meant that Allied troops had to winter in Belgium, during which time the Ardennes Offensive was launched by the Germans, resulting in heavy fighting on Belgian soil lasting into 1945.
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	Battle of Nieuwpoort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prince Maurice at the Battle of Nieuwpoort by Pauwels van Hillegaert.
		The Battle of Nieuwpoort, between a Dutch army under Maurits of Nassau and a Spanish army under Albrecht of Austria, took place on July 2, 1600 in the Belgian city Nieuwpoort.
		Although Maurice had driven a Spanish army from the field, a rare feat in the late 16th century, the battle achieved nothing.
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		Nieuwpoort is one of the smallest Dutch fortified towns and was founded around 1200 by the Lords of Liesveld and Langerak.
		In the 17th century, on the recommendation of Prince William of Orange, Nieuwpoort was given ramparts and canals in a fortress with six bastions.
		Nieuwpoort, with its protected townscape, is a part of the municipality of Liesveld, together with Groot-Ammers, Langerak and Streefkerk.
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	1600
		July 2 - Battle of Nieuwpoort: Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau defeat Spanish forces under Archduke Albert in a battle on the coastal dunes.
		October 21 - Battle of Sekigahara in Japan, in which Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Ishida Mitsunari, setting the stage for the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.
		Battle of Suceava - Prince Sigismund Bathory of Transylvania is defeated by the Voivode Michael the Brave of Moldavia as part of the internecine conflict in Hungary and the Danubian Principalities.
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	Wikinfo \| Battle of Nieuwpoort
		The small city of Nieuwpoort (Newport) in Belgium, along the coast.
		The battle achieved nothing, and the strategic lesson was that it was more advantageous to siege and capture towns than to win battles.
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	Nieuwpoort (Municipality, Province of West Flanders, Belgium) # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge ...
		The village of Nieuwpoort proper is not located on the sea shore, but the municipality is mostly popular for its sea resort, Nieuwpoort-Bad, built from 1864 to 1893 by Baron Benjamin Crombez, owner of the lands on the sea shore.
		As a port city, Nieuwpoort was often besieged, siezed and trashed, for instance by the French in 1213, 1299 and 1328, and the troops from Ghent in 1383.
		The city of Nieuwpoort was shelled by the German artillery and nearly destroyed, but the front line was stabilized until the victorious breakout by the allied troops in 1918.
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	The CODART List - De slag bij Nieuwpoort, 1600-2000 (The battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600-2000) - Museums with Dutch art and ...
		De slag bij Nieuwpoort, 1600-2000 (The battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600-2000)
		This battle, between the Dutch troops of Prince Maurits and the Spanish under command of the archduke Albert, was the conclusion of an otherwise completely failed campaign by Maurits.
		However, the Dutch victory at Nieuwpoort had as an important side-effect that the reputation and prestige of Prince Maurits as a general were established in the Low Countries and the rest of Europe from that moment onwards.
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	Nieuwpoort: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Nieuwpoort is the name of a Belgian (Belgian: A native or inhabitant of Belgium) municipality and a Dutch (Dutch: The West Germanic language of the Netherlands) village:
		Nieuwpoort (Nieuwpoort: liesveld (population: 9,724 in 2004) is a municipality in the western netherlands,...
		See also: Battle of Nieuwpoort (Battle of Nieuwpoort: the battle of nieuwpoort between the dutch and the spainspanish army took place...
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		_ It was at the Battle of Nieuwpoort that the commander of the Dutch cavalry, Lodewijk Günther of Nassau-Siegen, captured this warhorse.
		As a trophy, the horse was a memento of the Battle of Nieuwpoort.
		The Battle of Nieuwpoort demonstrated the military supremacy that the Dutch Republic had gained in the war with Spain.
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		Battle of Edgehill This excellent article discusses the 23 October 1642 and is an excerpt from "A Relation of the Battle fought between Keynton and Edgehill, by His Majesty's Army and that of the Rebels."
		Battle of Carbisdale: (final defeat of the Marquis of Montrose), Battle of Dunbar (Cromwell defeats the Covenanters in Scotland) and Battle of Worcester: Cromwell's "crowning mercy"; the final defeat of the Royalists.
		battle of Rathmines, massacre at Drogheda and the conquest of Ireland
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	ScienceDaily: Battle of nieuwpoort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	World History 1600- 1625 AD
		Japanese General Ieysasu is victorious in the Battle of Sekigahara against the other regents of the son of late Japanese leader Oyotomi Hideyoshi.
		At the battle of Khotin the Ottoman troops, led by Osman II, were defeated by Polish troops of Sigismund III.
		The battle took place on the Dneister River which was on the border between Poland and the Ottoman vassal state of Moldovia.
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	Battle_of_Jemmingen - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After the Battle of Heiligerlee Louis of Nassau failed to capture the city Groningen.
		Louis was chased by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva and defeated at the Battle of Jemmingen (also known as Battle of Jemgum, at Jemgum in East Frisia) on 21 July 1568.
		Pounded by effective musket fire and intimidated by the Spanish cavalry, the advance turned into a general retreat towards the river Ems.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Battle_of_Jemmingen (187 words)

	reviews
		Many monastic institutions were fiercely proud of their independence, and the archbishop had to battle hard to get them under his control and to institute further reform.
		Thus we get to know that on the day of the battle the weather was fair with a stiff breeze blowing along the coast: this resulted in a crowd of on-lookers, mainly consisting of foreign nobility.
		Maarten finally established himself at the battle of the Downs in 1639, although by then he was already two years in charge of the navy as vice-admiral.
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		Second edition, revised and enlarged, of a well-illustrated account of the siege of Ostend in the years 1601 to 1604, plus the preceding battle of Nieuwpoort (1600).
		The thrilling stories of the siege and the stunning pictures of battles, fortification and equipment (and of a woman dressed in men’s cloths, found among the dead Spanish soldiers) also caught the imagination of the public and served as propaganda to harden the Dutch populace against the Spanish enemy.
		Haestens (active 1596-1629), the author, printer and publisher of the book, had acquired some of the plates from a 1604 German-language book on the siege (not including the Battle of Nieuwpoort) and added new ones for his first edition of 1613, here revised and expanded.
	www.asherbooks.com /2130_v.html (567 words)

	Battle of Nieuwpoort, Dutch Revolt - Timeline Index
		On the beach at Nieuwpoort in Flanders, he ran into a Spanish army.
		The Battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600 demonstrated the military supremacy that the Dutch Republic had gained in the war with Spain.
		For the first time ever in a field battle - either in the Netherlands or outside - the enemy had been beaten, which made this battle especially significant.
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/1232 (183 words)

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		Nieuwpoort (the largest yacht harbor in Europe) 10 min.
		Nieuwpoort is a coastal town with a rich past.
		Among an almost uniterrupted series of sieges, the "Battle of Nieuwpoort" which took place on July 2, 1600, is the most often cited in history books.
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	Maurice, Prince of Orange - Rijksmuseum - Absolutearts.com
		On display will be a great many personal mementoes of Maurice (1567-1625): great battles, suits of armour in gold, superb portraits, exotic animals, maps and sea charts and richly illustrated manuscripts.
		The Battle of Nieuwpoort on 4 July 1600 was the culmination of Maurices work and made him a hero of international stature.
		Maurices systematic approach, together with his cousin and brother-in-law Willem Lodewijk, the founding of educational institutions and his special encouragement of the development of instruments and the publication of books led to a rapid growth of confidence in the economic potential of the Republic.
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	Battle of Nieuwpoort - TheBestLinks.com - Belgium, July 2, Netherlands, Spain, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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		Henri II of Valoois and Henri of Guise, both Catholics, battled Henri of Navarre.
		There were no decisive battles, just continued engagements in which the English consistently achieved the upper hand.
		Irish forces under the leadership of Hugh O’Neill, defeated the English at the Battle of Yellow River on August 14, 1598.
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	Battle of Nieuwpoort - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Museum for Art and History
		Prince Maurice at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 2 July 1600
		Maurice's victory at Nieuwpoort was also the subject of another painting by Pauwels van Hillegaert.
		Here, Maurice is mounted on a white charger that had been captured in the battle.
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		Battle, from the Riding School or Exercise of Cavalry.
		Battle of Lekkerbetje and Bréauté, 5 February 1600 (1601).
		Battle of Lekkerbetje and Bréauté, 5 February 1600.
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	Spectacular Military Scenes of Dirk Langendijk (1748 -1805) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dirk Langendijk was a Dutch draftsman who specialized in spectacular military scenes involving great numbers of soldiers at battle.
		During his lifetime he achieved fame with his designs for prints of historical events like "Venture at Chatham" and the "Battle at Nieuwpoort".
		These series, each illustrate the evolution of a fictional war, from the outbreak of hostilities to the celebrations of peace.
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	Maurice of Nassau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Paying special attention to the siege theories of Simon Stevin, he took valuable key fortresses and towns: Breda in 1590, Steenwijk in 1592, and Geertruidenberg in 1593.
		His victories in the cavalry battles at Turnhout (1597) and at Nieuwpoort 1600 earned him military fame and acknowledgment throughout Europe.
		Despite these successes, the House of Orange did not attain great respect among European Royalty, as the Stadtholdership was not inheritable.
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