 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukurumbira waAlbert semutungamiriri wemauto akatambura zvakanyanya paakakundwa neDutch stadtholder Maurice weOrange muhondo yeNieuwpoort musi wa2 Chikunguru 1600. Kukundikana kwake kupedzisa kukomba kwenguva refu kweOstend 16011604, kwakaguma nekubva kwake pakutungamira kwemauto eSpanish eFlanders. Kubvira panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi mabasa ehondo aitungamirirwa naAmbrogio Spínola wokuGenoa. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asingakwanisi kudzivisa kubatwa kwaSluis kwakapotsa kwaitika panguva imwe cheteyo, Spínola akamanikidza Ostend kuti azviise musi wa22 Gunyana 1604. Akatora danho rokutanga mukati menhambo dzakatevera, achiunza hondo kuchamhembe kwenzizi huru kwenguva yokutanga kubvira muna 1594. 