Siege of Salvador
Part of theDutch invasions of Brazil
Drawing of the Carmo Gate of the fortified city of Salvador, Bahia (c. 1759)
Date April – May 1638 Location Salvador, Bahia,Brazil 12°58′S38°30′W / 12.967°S 38.500°W /-12.967; -38.500 Result Portuguese-Spanish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Portugal Spain	Dutch Republic West India Company
Commanders and leaders
Giovanni di San Felice Luís Barbalho	Jan Moritz von Nassau-Siegen[2] Johan van der Mast[3]
Strength
1,000[3]	4,600 (3,600 Dutch troops and 1,000 Brazilian auxiliaries)[4] or 6,000[5] 30[2] or 45[4] ships
Casualties and losses
Light	500 killed[6] 30 captured[2] Large amount of abandoned military equipment[6]
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Thesiege of Salvador was a siege that took place between April and May 1638, during theDutch–Portuguese War andEighty Years' War. The governor of the Dutch colony in Brazil,John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, commanding the army of theDutch West India Company, with vastly superior forces and a supporting fleet under Johan van der Mast, put the city ofSalvador under siege. The Portuguese and Spanish defenders, commanded by Giovanni di San Felice, Count of Bagnolo, and Luís Barbalho, managed to resist the Dutch attacks until they gave up taking the city and withdrew with several casualties.^[7]

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