Dhameystir weedha soo socota: sicir bararka iyo khasaaraha maraakiibta qaaliga ah ee ka yimid Dunida Cusub waxay ka hortageen Philip inuu si joogto ah u bixiyo askartiisa, taasoo keentay waxa loogu yeero Spanish Fury ee Antwerp 1576, halkaas oo askartu ay ku dhex ordeen jidadka, iyagoo gubaya in ka badan 1,000 guri ayna dileen 6,000 oo muwaadin. 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 mucaaradka ah oo ku yaal koonfurta: Maastricht (1579), Tournai (1581), Oudenaarde (1582), Dunkirk (1583), Bruges (1584), Ghent (1584), iyo
Magaalada Antwerp (1585).