Recapture of Recife (1652–1654)

Recapture of Recife
	Part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil
	; A letter written by the Portuguese King John IV ordering the attack on Recife
Date	May 1652 – February 1654
Location	Pernambuco, Brazil
Result	Portuguese victory Dutch expelled from Brazil;
Belligerents
Portugal Brazilian colonial forces;	Dutch West India Company
Commanders and leaders
Barreto de Meneses ; Pedro Jacques	Walter Van Loo
Strength
2,500 men	Unknown; remnants of the Dutch forces as well as the other garrisons of Dutch Brazil
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown; Dutch presence eliminated from Brazil

The Recapture of Recife (or Second Siege of Recife) was a military engagement between the Portuguese forces under Francisco Barreto de Meneses and the Dutch forces of Captain Walter Van Loo. After the Dutch defeats at Guararapes, their surviving men, as well as other garrisons of New Holland, joined in the area of Recife (Mauritsstad) in order to make a last stand. However, after fierce fighting, the Portuguese victoriously entered the city and the remaining Dutch were ousted from Brazil.

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