The English Empire was sending money and troops English to war in the Netherlands. In the beginning was done by sea, but because of bad weather that often prevailed in these seas, and the enmity of England and France, which dominated the English Channel, Philip II ordered to create an alternative. in 1567 first used the new route which started in Naples, passed through Florence, Genoa up to the Milanese, or from Barcelona by sea to the Milanese and then through the Franche-Comte, Strasbourg, Luxembourg and Brussels to reach with variations through Worms and Cologne.
A second route was first used after 1622 (due to the alliance of Duke Savoy with France). This route started in Milan and spent by the Swiss valleys of the Alps to the Tyrol and Valtellina. Hence bordering southern Germany, crossed the river Rhine (Alsace) and came to the Netherlands by Lorena.
A factor influencing the speed of an entire issue was the number of groups that are divided. It appears that the unit was running comfortably manageable. should not have more than 3,000 soldiers.
Obviously, the duration of travel to the Netherlands was determined by the speed with which the soldiers were traveling. The normal speed of the armies that used the road, seems to have been about 20km per day. The average duration of the marches was 48 days. With the road
English, Spain won, based on ingenuity and tenacity, and despite the distance, gathering as remote control, a great host to hundreds of kilometers from the political center of the monarchy.
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Literature: book "The Army of Flanders and the English way" by Geoffrey Parker.
Sources: Wikipedia, Joaquín Navarro's personal page.
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