Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Antwerp na ɗaya daga cikin biranen da suka fi arziki a arewacin Turai kuma sansanin 'yan tawaye tun lokacin da sojojin Spain da Walloon suka kori shi a 1576. Birnin yana buɗe ga teku, yana da garu sosai, kuma yana da kāriya sosai a ƙarƙashin shugabancin Marnix van St. Aldegonde. Injiniya Sebastian Baroccio ya yanke duk hanyar shiga teku ta hanyar gina gadar jiragen ruwa a fadin Scheldt. Yaren mutanen Holland sun tashi wuta, da ake kira Hellburners, a kan gada da kuma daya daga cikin fashewar na'urori masu fashewa ya fashe tsawon mita 200 kuma ya kashe 'yan Spain 800. Masu kewaye sun gyara lalacewar, duk da haka, kuma sun matsa kan zuba jari. Birnin ya mika wuya a 1585
yayin da 'yan ƙasa 60,000 na Antwerp (60% na yawan mutanen pre-siege) suka gudu zuwa arewa. Brussels, Mechelen da Geertruidenberg sun faɗi a wannan shekarar.