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1342: 1327: 159: 126: 147: 113: 1319: 43: 1356:, forcing the few defenders to surrender. He had also sent another group of about 2,000 men directly to Bacharach. This group approached the outskirts of Bacharach at about 2 am. With the arrival of the Spaniards, the Protestant soldiers outside the town threw down their muskets and fled into the town. Córdoba's men then proceeded to build a bulwark behind the town. 1310:, decided to move with his army to the west bank of the Rhine and await the Protestant forces. With his attention centered on the arrival of the Anglo-Dutch relief, Spinola remained near the road with the bulk of his army, and entrusted the capture of Bacharach to Don Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba. 1359:
At dawn, the defenders, aided by heavy mist, fired shots of musket, killing three Spaniards and wounding three more. Shortly thereafter the bulk of the forces led by Córdoba arrived. Demoralised by the arrival of the Spanish, the officers of the garrison decided to surrender. The Spanish troops
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or, secondarily, the town of Bacharach. The Spanish officers decided to take Bacharach due to the small number of Frederick's scattered forces. On 1 October Córdoba captured Bacharach with a force of 2,500 soldiers, forcing the Anglo-German defenders to surrender.
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Córdoba left a garrison of 300 soldiers in Bacharach and sent most of his troops under the commanders Diego Ruiz and Baltasar de Santander to capture
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fell to Spinola's army of 15,000 men, now under the command of Córdoba. Meanwhile, General Spinola, on his return to the Netherlands where the
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entered Bacharach at 3 pm. Two captains and 94 English soldiers, among other German troops, were taken prisoners.
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Spinola, ignoring the entity of Vere's forces, composed of Dutch, English, and Scottish volunteers sent by King
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Bacharach was an important strategic point because it was a bridgehead over the
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On 29 September Córdoba marched with his forces and captured
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After securing stores of food and ammunition through the
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Index

Palatinate phase
Thirty Years' War

Bacharach
Matthäus Merian
Bacharach
Electorate of the Palatinate
Germany
Palatinate
Spain
Frederick V
Spain
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
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Thirty Years' War
Bohemian Revolt (1618–1620)
Pilsen
Lomnice
Sablat
Wisternitz
Bautzen
White Mountain
Neu Titschein
Palatinate campaign (1620–1623)
Bad Kreuznach
Oppenheim
Bacharach
Jülich

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