The Battle of Zutphen was a confrontation of the Eighty Years' War on 22 September 1586, near Zutphen (Warnsveld), the Netherlands. It was fought between forces of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, aided by the English, against the Spanish, who sought to regain the northern Netherlands. It ended in a victory for Spain.
Important English soldiers included Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Peregrine Bertie, George Whetstone, Henry Unton, and Robert Sidney, whose brother, Philip Sidney, was mortally wounded during the battle and died in Arnhem at the age of 31. Dudley knighted Welsh mercenary Roger Williams for his performance during the battle. Months later, officers Stanley and York gave Zutphen up to the Spanish, along with the city of Deventer.
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