Trophied Spanish colours ab. 1651

Haags Historisch Museum presents two paints by Bartholomeus van Bassen on its page in FB (link). They show a seccion of the Dutch Staten-Generaal in 1651 after a death of the stadhouder Willem II. Pay attention on the numerous trophied Spanish colours & standards. Unfortunatelly they didn't survived to our days.

Siege of Stenay 1654

Siege of Stenay in 1654 by A. Gilbet
(Gallica; see the source below)

The small town Stenay is situatated on the left bank of the river Meusse in Lorraine. In 1654 it was held by a combined Spanish-Lothringen garrison (under command of Governor of Stenay Colonel Colbrand & Governor of citadele of Stenay Nicolas Bouton comte de Chamilly) of around 1.400 men:

French siege army consisted of two Cops, one under Lieutenant General Governor of Sedan Abraham de Fabert d'Esternay (see Wiki on him: link) & the other under Marechal de France Charles de Mouchy d'Hocquincourt (see Wiki on him: link). The composition of the troops & dates of their arrival were the following:

Siege of Maestricht by Dutch army in 1632

Map of the siege & list of the Dutch army in campaign of 1632 from Henry Hexham's Journal of 1632 campaign (in Dutch)

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Two paintings by Peter Snayer presenting Dutch & Spanish cavalry around 1610-30s

Both paintings show a high variety of cavalry equipment & ammunition

Snayer P. Cavalry engagement
Private collection

Snayer P. Choque de caballeria
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Taking of Limburg by Dutch, Sept 1632

One more Commelin's image. Pay attention on the Spaniards at the bottom left.

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Taking of Wesel, 1629

One more map from Commelin's work & 2 images of the Dutch horses

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Capitulation of the Oldenfeel (Huys te Laach), 1626

Engraving from Commelin's work presents the moment when Spanish garrison was leaving the town (on the right) & Dutch troops were entering from the other side.

Belegeringe van Oldenfeel 1626
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Spanish cuirassiers in Flandres, 1641

Nice painting by Jacob Martsen de Jonge presents the Spanish garrison of Venlo leaving the town. It includes 2 troops of the Spanish horses. Both are cuirassiers in 3/4 armour & closed helmets. It seems to me that they didn't have lances or carbines/harquebuses, only pistols

Abbildung der spanischen Garnison, wie sie von Gennep nach Venlo zieht, 1641
by Jacob Martsen de Jonge (a part of the painting)
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P.S. Doggy is very realistic -)

Siege of Julich 1621-22 by P. Snayers

Michal "Kadrinazi" placed a fine paint by Paulus von Hillegaert in his blog
http://kadrinazi.blogspot.com/2011/05/malarze-znani-i-nieznani-cz-xxi.html
My favorite painter is Peeter Snayers. His paints are always full of details. And one of the most favorite one is the Siege of Julich 1621-22. It presents details of the Spanish fortifications around the city & a cavalry cornet.

 Snayers P. A siege of a city, thought to be the siege of Gulik by the Spanish under the command of Hendrik van den Bergh, 5 September 1621-3 February 1622 
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