Siege of Mozambique (1608)
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The siege of Mozambique of 1608 was a second, unsuccessful, attack by the Dutch East India Company on the Portuguese fortress of Mozambique, on the island of Mozambique, in 1608.
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Siege of Mozambique (1608) | |||||||
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Part of Dutch-Portuguese War | |||||||
1598 Dutch map of Mozambique Island. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire | Dutch East India Company | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Dom Estevão de Ataíde | Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 carrack, 2 galleons 150 men.[1] | 9 fluyts, 4 yachts, 1840[2] or 2000[3] soldiers. | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 ships. | 30 dead, 80 wounded.[4] |
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