Battle of Brouwershaven The Battle of Brouwershaven was fought on January 13 , 1426 in Brouwershaven , Zeeland . The battle was part of the Hook and Cod wars waged over control of the Low Countries and resulted in a significant victory for Philip the Good , Duke of Burgundy . The factions . The origins of the conflict lay in a succession dispute between Jacqueline of Hainaut and John III , Duke of Bavaria over the Counties of Hainaut , Holland and Zeeland following the death of Count William VI in 1417 . Jaqueline had originally been married to John IV , Duke of Brabant but in complex circumstances , had had this marriage set aside and , in 1422 , married Humphrey , Duke of Gloucester , brother of Henry V . Jaqueline ' s second marriage left Hainaut in the hands of John of Brabant , who had reached a rapprochement with John of Bavaria . John had made Philip of Burgundy his heir and this led him to take a role in the dispute . In 1424 , Jaqueline and Humphrey had landed with English forces and quickly overrun Hainaut . The death of John of Bavaria in January 1425 led to short campaign by Burgundian forces in pursuit of Philip ' s claim and the English were ousted . Jaqueline had ended the war in the custody of Philip but in September 1425 escaped to Gouda , where she again asserted her rights . As leader of the Hooks , she drew most of her support from the petty nobility and small towns . Her opponents , the Cods , were drawn largely from the burghers of the cities , including Rotterdam and Dordrecht . Events leading to the battle . Jaqueline requested support from her husband Humphrey , who was in England , and he set about raising a force of 1500 English troops to reinforce her , led by Walter FitzWalter , 7th Baron FitzWalter . In the meantime , Jaqueline ' s army had defeated a Burgundian force of city militia at the Battle of Alphen on 22 October 1425 . Duke Philip had plenty of notice of the assembly of the English force and raised a fleet to intercept them at sea . Although he did succeed in catching a small part of the English force , consisting of 300 men , most of the English force made landfall at the port of Brouwershaven , where they rendezvoused with their Zeeland allies . The composition of the armies . The Duke of Burgundy personally led the Burgundian army landed at Brouwershaven , consisting of his own feudal retainers and municipal militia from Dordrecht , The Hague , and Delft . The force consisted of about 4000 combatants , including gunners from Dordrecht and over 1000 militia crossbowmen . The Zeelanders , led by the Lord of Heemstede , numbered about 3000 men , reinforced by the English , who were reduced to about 1200 men . The battle . The Zeelander forces allowed their opponents to land unopposed from boats , perhaps hoping for an Agincourt - like triumph with the aid of their English allies . However , when the Burgundians were still disembarking , the English led an attack , advancing in good order , giving a great shout and blowing trumpets . The English troops were bombarded with a cannonade and a volley of arbalest bolts from the militia . The well disciplined English longbowmen held firm and then shot back with their longbows , quickly scattering the crossbowmen in disarray . The well - armored and equally disciplined Burgundian knights then advanced and came to grips with the English men - at - arms . Unable to withstand the fierce attack of the knights , the English men - at - arms and archers were driven onto a dike and were virtually wiped out . The " Chronyk en Historie van Zeeland " of Janus Reygersberg records that three thousand of the Zeeland army were killed , and many captured . Duke Philip himself noted 200 Englishmen were captured . A number of the local nobility are also recorded to have been killed in the battle , though the Lord of Heemstede was captured and Lord Fitzwalter escaped . Aftermath . The loss was devastating to Jacqueline ' s cause . Duke Humphrey was increasingly preoccupied with politics at home , and had become infatuated with Eleanor Cobham , one of Jacqueline ' s ladies - in - waiting . In 1428 , he had their marriage dissolved and married Eleanor . Without foreign support , Jacqueline was unable to resist the full strength of Burgundy , and she was compelled to surrender the administration of her territories to Philip .