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| | Re: [MapHist] FW: Lou Sebert -- Obit |
 | | The title, which is on top, translates from German to "Realistic depiction of the stunning victory which Count Tully, the Imperial General,over the King of Denmark, on August 22, 1626, won." The map is drawn or printed on a heavy brown (age?) paper, which has the thickness of a heavy poster board. |
 | | The fortunes of the Protestant or anti-Hapsburg cause were at a low ebb." From "Wallenstein, His Life Narrated" by Golo Mann: "In August Count Tilly, master veteran, defeated the King of Denmark in the battle of Lutter which lasted barely a couple of hours. |
 | | What exactly happened at Lutter is obscured by the plethora of pamphlets produced immediately after the battle by Tilly's field chancery -- all of them stressing the inevitability of defeat for heretics who opposed the rightful emperor and his loyal host. |
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