Battle of Flushing

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Eighty Years' War

Oosterweel – Heiligerlee – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Zuiderzee – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Gembloux – Rijmenam - 1st Deventer - Maastricht – 1st Breda – Antwerp – Zutphen – 1st Bergen op Zoom – 2nd Breda – 2nd Deventer - 2nd Groenlo - Turnhout – 3rd Groenlo - Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – 4th Groenlo - Gibraltar – 2nd Bergen op Zoom –3rd Breda – 5th Groenlo - Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Maastricht – Schenkenschans - 4th Breda - Kallo – The Downs – Hulst – La Naval de Manila - Puerto de Cavite

The Battle of Flushing was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War, fought on April 17, 1573 near the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The Spanish fleet was led by Sancho d'Avila, the Dutch fleet by Lieven Keersmaker.

The Dutch fleet initially left Flushing, but returned when the Spanish fleet was hit by the city's cannons. Five Spanish ships are seized, but the remainder manages to reach the cities of Middelburg and Arnemuiden.