Wax ka sii qor faqradan - sicir bararka baahsan iyo luminta maraakiibta khasnadaha ee Dunida Cusub waxay ka hor istaageen Philip inuu si joogto ah u bixiyo askartiisa, taasoo keentay waxa loogu yeero Spanish Fury ee Antwerp
1576 askari ayaa waddooyinka si ba'an u socdaalayay, iyagoo gubay in ka badan 1,000 oo guri ayna dileen in ka badan 6,000 oo qof. 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).