Dhameystir weedha soo socota: sicir barar baahsan iyo luminta maraakiibta khasnadaha ee ka yimid Dunida Cusub waxay ka hortageen Philip inuu si joogto ah u bixiyo askartiisa, taasoo keentay waxa loogu yeero Spanish Fury at
magaalada Antwerp sanadkii 1576, askartuna aad ayay uga caroodeen, wadooyinka ayagoo gubay in kabadan 1,000 oo guryo ah, disayna 6,000 oo qofood. Philip wuxuu u diray Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, oo ah Guddoomiyaha Guud ee Isbaanishka Nederland laga bilaabo 1578 ilaa 1592. Farnese wuxuu ka adkaaday mucaaradka 1578 dagaalkii Gembloux, wuxuuna qabsaday magaalooyin badan oo mucaarad ah oo ku yaal koonfurta: Maastricht (1579), Tournai (1581), Oudenaarde (1582), Dunkirk (1583), Bruges (1584), Ghent (1584), iyo Antwerp (1585).