Nieuwpoort 1600: The First Modern Battle

A highly illustrated study of the battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600, one of the key engagements of the Eighty Years War.

The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that followed convinced Dutch leaders that they now should go on the offensive. This campaign pitted two famous leaders' sons against ea...