Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Zutphen (Netherlands War of Independence).

Fought September 22, 1586, between the Spaniards, under Prince Alexander of Parma, and the English, under the Earl of Leicester. The Spaniards endeavoured to throw a convoy of provisions into Zutphen, which Leicester was besieging. He attempted to intercept it, but without success, and was forced to retire after suffering considerable[considerable] loss. Among those who fell on the English side was Sir Philip Sydney.