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  Thirty Years' War article - Thirty Years' War Gustavus Adolphus Battle Breitenfeld (1631) 1618 1648 Holy Roman - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Wallenstein defeated Mansfeld's army at the Battle of the Bridge of Dessau (1626) and General Tilly defeated the Danes at the Battle of Lutter (1626).
In 1645, the Swedish marshal Lennart Torstensson defeated imperial army at the battle of Jankau near Prague, and Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeated the Bavarian army at the battle of Nördlingen (1645).
In 1648 the Swedes (Marshal Carl Gustaf Wrangel) and the French (Turenne and Conde) defeated the Imperial army at the battle of Zusmarshausen and Lens.
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 Thirty Years' War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
In 1645, the Swedish marshal Lennart Torstensson defeated the Imperial army at the Battle of Jankau near Prague, and Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeated the Bavarian army in the Second Battle of Nördlingen.
In 1648 the Swedes (commanded by Marshal Carl Gustaf Wrangel) and the French (led by Turenne and Conde) defeated the Imperial army at the Battle of Zusmarshausen and Lens.
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 Thirty Years' War
Wallenstein and Adolphus clashed in the battle of Lützen (1632), where the Swedes prevailed, but Adolphus was killed.
A French General Henri Turenne defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Rocroi in 1643, which led to negotiations.
Battle of Sablat (1619, June 10) Called Battle of Záblati in Czech.
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 PICCOLO - LoveToKnow Article on PICCOLO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1638 he was made a count of the empire, and in 1639, having been fortunate enough to win a great victory over the French (relief of Thionville, July 7, 1639), he was rewarded with the office of privy councillor from the emperor and with the dukedom of Amalfi from the king of Spain.
But instead of being appointed, as he hoped, Gallass successor, he was called in to act as ad latus to the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, with whom lie was defeated in the second battle of Breitenfeld in 1642.
But when in 1648 Melander fell in battle at Zusmarshausen, Piccolomini was at last appointed lieutenant-general of the emperor, and thus conducted as generalissimo the final campaign of the weary and desultory Thirty Years War.
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 Thirty Years' War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Catholic League and Ferdinand IIdefeated Frederick V at the Battle of WhiteMountain, near Prague in 1620.
Wallenstein defeated the Danes at the Battle of the Bridge of Dessau(1626) and General Tilly defeated the Protestants at the Battle of Lutter (1626).
At the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631), Adolphus defeatedthe Catholic League led by General Tilly.
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 Battle of Breitenfeld (1642) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Second Battle of Breitenfeld (October 23, 1642), also known as the "First Battle of Leipzig", took place 4 miles north-east of Leipzig, Germany during the Thirty Years' War.
The Swedish Army led by Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson beat an army of the Holy Roman Empire led by Archduke Leopold William of Habsburg and his deputy, General Ottavio Piccolomini.
This article about a historical battle is a stub.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Charles X of Sweden
He learnt the art of war under the great Lennart Torstenson, being present at the second battle of Breitenfeld (1642) and at Jankowitz (1645).
On June 21, 1656 the Poles retook Warsaw, and four days later Charles was obliged to purchase the assistance of Friedrich I of Prussia by the treaty of Marienburg (23 June 1656).
On July 28-30 the combined Swedes and Brandenburgers, 18,000 strong, after a three days’ battle, defeated John II’s army of 40,000 at Warsaw and reoccupied the Polish capital.
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Battle of Sablat, led by Count Mansfeld, on 10 June 1619.
battle of Jankau near Prague, and Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeated the Bavarian army at the
Battle of Rocroi in 1643, which led to negotiations.
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 Breitenfeld
Military pundits often cite first Breitenfeld as demonstrating the superiority of the smaller and handier Swedish battalion system over the Imperial Tercio, but in truth this was a victory for combined arms: infantry, cavalry and guns (in this case captured and turned on their former owners) working together.
In the Spring of 1642 the ruthless Swedish commander Tortensson was ravaging the Imperial lands, coming to within 25 miles of Vienna.
The second battle near Breitenfeld on 2 November was preceded by a roaring Imperial cannonade as the horse moved into position on Leopold's wings.
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 Lennart Torstensson
As commander of the Swedish artillery at Breitenfeld (1631) and the Lech (1632), he was responsible for the success of the new mobile field artillery.
He infused new morale into the mutinous army and led the Swedes to numerous victories in Saxony, Moravia, Silesia, and Bohemia, including the second battle of Breitenfeld (1642).
Breitenfeld - Breitenfeld, village, Saxony, S central E Germany.
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 Thirty_Year_War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1634 the Protestant forces, minus the leadership of Adolphus, were defeated at the First Battle of Nördlingen.
The Imperial general Johann von Werth and Spanish commander Cardinal Ferdinand Hapsburg ravaged the French provinces of Champagne and Burgundy and even threatened Paris in 1636 before being repulsed by Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar.
The war did a lot to end the age of mercenaries that had begun with the first landsknechts, and ushered in the age of well-disciplined national armies.
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 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III November 2 in History
2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III November 2 in History
2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
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