Battle of Newport

In the campaign of 1600, Maurice of Orange transferred military operations into Flandria by deploying on June 21 his army of 15-20 thousand men in Philippine fort. Then, accompanied by fleet, proceeding along the coastline he reached Newport and besieged it. The Spanish ruler archduke Albert advanced from Antwerp to help the Newport garrison out. Under his command there was 10 thousand of infantry and 1.5 thousand of cavalry.

On July 2, 1600, having found out about Spaniards approaching, Maurice raised the siege of Newport and set off toward the enemy. At 11 a.m. Spanish cavalry stopped 5 kilometers away from the Newport bay, waiting for the slowly moving infantry and artillery. The loss of time for the Spanish was used by Maurice to complete deploying his army. The battle was initiated by harquebusiers of advance-guards. The Spanish suffered defeat losing 4 thousand people dead and a thousand wounded. Dutch losses reached two and a half thousand men.