<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakazosvika nguva Alexander Farnese, akazova Duke weParma, paakatora masimba ehondo muna 1578, Nyika dzeNetherlands dzakanga dzava kupatsanuka dzichiva nyika dzokuchamhembe dzaipandukira uye nyika dzokuchamhembe dzaiva kumaodzanyemba dzaichiri kuvimbika kuSpain. Nokuuya kwenhamba huru dzamauto anobva kuSpain, Farnese akatanga kusimbisa kudzora kweSpain kumaodzanyemba, achitanga neMaastricht. Farnese akatanga Kurwiswa kweMaastricht musi wa 12 Kurume 1579. Akarayira mauto ake kuti aputse masvingo acho. Vagari vomuMaastricht vakanga vachikuvawo kuti vasvike migero yokuSpain. Kurwa kwacho kwakapfuurira pasi pevhu. Mazana emasoja eSpain akafa sezvo mvura inopisa yakadururwa mumigero yavo. Vamwe vakafa nokuda kwokushayikwa kweoxygen apo vadziviriri vechiDutch vakabatidza moto mukati mavo. Vamwe varwi veSpain 500 vakafa apo chimbambaira, chavakanga varonga kushandisa kuputsa rusvingo, chakaputika nguva isati yakwana. Usiku hwaJune 29, Farnese akakwanisa kupinda muguta apo vadziviriri vakanga vaneta vakanga vakarara. Zvikamu zvechiSpanish zvakaputsa masvingo eguta zvakatanga kubata chibharo vakadzi vamwe vacho, pakurwira kudzivirira guta, vakanga vaputsa mabasa echikadzi uye vakarasikirwa nekodzero yavo yengoni, ipapo vakauraya vanhu. Pakazosvika 1585, Farnese akanga adzorera maguta eBrussels, Ghent, uye  <response>: Antwerp, pamwe chete nedunhu reBrabant uye chikamu chikuru cheFlanders. Panguva ino Hondo yakatsauswa kubva pabasa rayo rokutanga rokurwisa vapanduki vokuchamhembe kunotarisana nechinetso cheEngland, yairwisana neSpain. Farnese aidavira kuti Hondo yaigona kutarisira kuyambuka Channel nesimba, ichivimba nekumukira kweKaturike muEngland kuti itsigire; panzvimbo pezvo, Philip akafunga kuita kurwisa kwechikepe achishandisa Spanish Armada muna 1588. Hondo yeFlanders yakaenda kunorwisa Ostend neDunkirk mukugadzirira kutevera maneuver kuyambuka Channel mukutsigira Armada, asi kukundwa kwesimba guru rengarava kwakagumisa zvirongwa izvi. 