Siege of Fort Crozon

Siege of Fort Crozon
	Part of the Anglo–Spanish War ; and the French Wars of Religion
	; Pointe des Espagnols – present day area where siege took place
Date	1 October – 19 November 1594
Location	Present day Pointe des Espagnols, France48°20′24.57″N 4°32′6.95″W
Result	Anglo-French victory
Belligerents
England; Kingdom of France	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Jean VI d'Aumont; John Norreys; Martin Frobisher †	Tomé de Paredes †; Juan del Águila
Strength
3,000 troops,; 10 ships & 1,200 sailors; 3,000 infantry,; 300 cavalry & 400 knights	400 (Crozon),; 4,000 (Relief)
Casualties and losses
700 killed & wounded or sick & dead to disease	(Crozon) 400; only 13 survivors ; (relief) Unknown

The siege of Fort Crozon or the siege of El Leon was a land and sea engagement that took place as part of Spain's Brittany Campaign late in the French wars of religion and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). The siege was fought between 1 October and 19 November 1594 and was conducted by English and French troops against a Spanish fort constructed on the Crozon Peninsula near Brest. After a number of assaults were repelled, a Spanish relief force under Juan del Águila attempted to relieve the garrison, but it was delayed by French cavalry and could not reach the garrison in time.

An assault by the English using a deceitful ruse ended the siege when the defenders were all but put to the sword. The victory proved decisive in two ways. First, it denied the Spanish an important large independent base and port from which to operate in Brittany against the English and Dutch. Second, the Spanish had lost most of their support from the French Catholic League, and as a result enabled the French king Henry IV to declare war on Spain.

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