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The Destruction of Neuss occurred in July 1586, during the Cologne War. Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma's troops surrounded the city of Neuss, an important Protestant garrison in the Electorate of Cologne. After the city refused to capitulate, Parma's army reduced the city to rubble, through a combination of artillery fire, destructive house to house fighting, plundering; during the battle, a fire started that destroyed most of the rest of the city.

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  • The Destruction of Neuss occurred in July 1586, during the Cologne War. Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma's troops surrounded the city of Neuss, an important Protestant garrison in the Electorate of Cologne. After the city refused to capitulate, Parma's army reduced the city to rubble, through a combination of artillery fire, destructive house to house fighting, plundering; during the battle, a fire started that destroyed most of the rest of the city.
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  • Destruction of Neuss
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  • Civilian and military dead: 4000+
  • Garrison: no known survivors
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  • 25px| Ernst of Bavaria, Prince Elector Cologne
  • 25pxGebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Prince Elector of Cologne
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  • Victory forErnst of Bavaria
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  • Artillery: 45
  • Artillery: none
  • Garrison: 1600 Dutch and German
  • Troops: 8000 infantry, 2000 cavalry
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