Recapture of Recife (1652–1654)

The Recapture of Recife (or the second siege of Recife) was a military campaign by Portuguese forces under Francisco Barreto de Meneses against Dutch forces of Captain Walter Van Loo. After the Dutch defeats at Guararapes, their surviving men, as well as other garrisons of New Holland, made a last stand at Mauritsstad (modern-day Recife).

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Recapture of Recife (1652–1654)

The Recapture of Recife (or the second siege of Recife) was a military campaign by Portuguese forces under Francisco Barreto de Meneses against Dutch forces of Captain Walter Van Loo. After the Dutch defeats at Guararapes, their surviving men, as well as other garrisons of New Holland, made a last stand at Mauritsstad (modern-day Recife).

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