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  Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Breitenfeld was the first major Protestant victory in the Thirty Years' War.
In late August 1631, the Imperial Commander Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly invaded Saxony in hopes of forcing the ruler of the Electorate of Saxony, John George I to abandon an alliance he planned to conclude with Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (Sweden-Finland).
The Battle of Breitenfeld served as major endorsement of the linear tactics of Gustavus Adolphus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1631)   (791 words)

  
 BREITENFELD - LoveToKnow Article on BREITENFELD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first battle of Breitenfeld was fought on.
short of Breitenfeld on the left; opposite this position, and behind a group of villages on the Loberbach stream, lay the Swedish forces, flanked on their left by the Saxon contingent under the elector, who was assisted by Arnim.
The village of Breitenfeld also gives its name to another great battle in the Thirty Years War (November 2, 1642), in which the Swedes under Torstensson defeated the Imperialists under the archduke Leopold and Prince Piccolomini, who were seeking to relieve Leipzig.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BREITENFELD.htm   (632 words)

  
 No. 4960
Breitenfeld told Johnson that the quality control coordinator work was limited to those in the Chemistry Department.
Breitenfeld testified that the new position which Warren filled was budgeted in mid-1992 as part of the Employer's 1993 budget.
Breitenfeld's uncontradicted testimony was that the new Medical Technologist I position which was posted in November, 1993, and filled by LeAnn Warren was budgeted in mid-1992 as part of the Employer's 1993 budget.
www.wisbar.org /res/wercg/1994/4960.htm   (5707 words)

  
 Meritas Lawyer Profile: Michael Breitenfeld, Siemer-Siegl-Füreder & Partner - Vienna, AUSTRIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Breitenfeld counsels public authorities on the administration of tender offers and the development of procurement concepts.
Further, Dr. Breitenfeld is a co-founder and board member of the Austrian Tender Club, a co-founder and editor of the first Austrian legal journal for procurement law - "Recht und Praxis der offentlichen Auftragsvergabe" (RPA - The Law and Practice of Public Procurement) and a member of the Austrian Comission of Jurists.
Most recently, Dr. Breitenfeld was one of the main expert consultants involved in the drafting of the new "Bundesvergabegesetz" 2002 (Federal Procurement Law 2002).
www.meritas.org /Search/atty_profile.asp?Atty_number=3473&FirmID=112   (429 words)

  
 The Martlet: news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Breitenfeld joined the UVic chapter of Best Buddies International (BBI) when she noticed the booth at Club and Course Union Days last year.
Breitenfeld’s mindset was on par with the organization’s founder, Anthony K. Shriver, a student at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., who first established BBI in 1987 after he recognized the need while volunteering with the Special Olympics.
Breitenfeld said the UVic chapter is always looking for “associate buddies” to tag along on outings like bowling, swimming and pizza parties.
www.martlet.ca /archives/041007/news6.html   (585 words)

  
 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
We hold the contract language is unambiguous and Breitenfeld is required to pay back the bonus he received because the sale on which the bonus was based was cancelled.
If a bonus is paid based on a sale and the sale is cancelled, the sales representative is required to repay the bonus to the company, either through deduction from his paychecks or by direct repayment.
Since Breitenfeld resigned his employment before SAS was able to recover the bonus by deducting it from his future paychecks, Breitenfeld is required to repay SAS under the unambiguous terms of the contract.
www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us /historical/2005/jul/041103.htm   (757 words)

  
 The Thirty Years War: The Battle of Breitenfeld and the Swedish Triumph
The Sack of Madgeburg and the Battle of Breitenfeld
When the came in contact with them he claimed to be unable to break contact and demanded that Tilly bring forward the remainder of the Imperial force to support him.
Before the Battle of Breitenfeld, Gustavus had promised his troops that if they were victorious, the plunder of the rich Rhenish bishoprics of “Priests’ Alley” would be theirs.
www.pipeline.com /~cwa/Breitenfeld_Phase.htm   (1390 words)

  
 VPI Corporation
Their re-launch theme; "When inspiration strikes, we'll be there." VPI's repositioning takes shape via a new trade booth, literature including architectural folders and catalog and, to be launched in coming months, a new Web site which includes a secure distributor area so partner distributors can more easily conduct business with VPI.
Breitenfeld notes, "Our aim is to provide more value for our distributor partners and a transactional Web site is one way to do this."
Breitenfeld states, "Customers often feel they have to choose between huge conglomerates that are unable to offer 'tender loving care' or small niche players that have an incomplete offering.
www.vpiflooring.com /show_news.php?id=5   (570 words)

  
 Breitenfeld   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
At First Breitenfeld on 17 September 1631 Gustavus Adolphus with 30,000 Swedes and John George of Saxony with 10,000 electoral troops faced 32,000 Imperialists serving under Tilly.
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.
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.
www.strategos.demon.co.uk /tywhome/Breitenfeld.htm   (532 words)

  
 GMT GAMES: Great Battles of History: Lion of the North
The war for minds and souls had been raging for ten destructive years when the vaunted, virtually undefeated Catholic army of the Hapsburg emperor and his allied German states looked across the gentle valley of Breitenfeld directly into the blinding rays of the dawn of modern warfare.
The prediction had come true: Breitenfeld signaled the ascendancy of Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden, the Lion of the North.
Breitenfeld, 1631: Swedish linear musket-pike brigades against Spanish-system tercios...
www.gmtgames.com /gbln/gmtgbln0.htm   (510 words)

  
 Current Online | Baliles pushes PBS to confront governance problems, 1995
Rick Breitenfeld of WHYY in Philadelphia, one of two general managers to make formal statements to the board during the debate, shot back: "The honor system is an important American institution.
Breitenfeld argued that peer pressure alone would guarantee compliance to policies.
Breitenfeld before and was delighted to meet this man I had heard so much about.
www.current.org /pbs/pbs512g.html   (1251 words)

  
 History of THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
But eventually, at Breitenfeld near Leipzig in September 1631, there is a confrontation.
When Gustavus's army is first seen in action in Germany, at Breitenfeld in 1631, the opposing Catholic army under Tilly is deployed in the cumbersome Spanish squares which have been the military convention for a century and more.
The Swedish victory at Breitenfeld causes many of the German Protestant princes to declare their support for Gustavus, who presses his campaign further south into Catholic Germany.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac18   (2933 words)

  
 BREITENFELD - Online Information article about BREITENFELD
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west between the villages of Gobschelwitz and Breitenfeld, the position of the Imperialists lying along the See also:
The village of Breitenfeld also gives its name to another great battle in the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BOS_BRI/BREITENFELD.html   (864 words)

  
 Texas Lawyer - Stock Options, Land Grabs And Where to Sue Competitors
SAS Institute paid its salesman, John Breitenfeld, on a commission system that provided for bonuses contingent on sales credits.
The contract also specified that, if a salesperson terminated his employment and later the contract was cancelled, he or she would have to pay the company back.
But in Breitenfeld's case, he made a sale, received the bonuses, quit and then the buyer cancelled the contract.
www.law.com /jsp/tx/PubArticleTXELA.jsp?id=1123059911409   (2346 words)

  
 Physicians Singers of Zagreb: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In 1969 the rehearsals were held for some time in the home of Dr. Darko Breitenfeld, a neuropsychiatrist, the son of the above-mentioned Dr. Josip Breitenfeld, because the hospital refused its hospitality.
As all the members of the Choir were doctors without exception, who were engaged in their daily duties as general practitioners, specialists in hospitals, heads of departments, assistants at clinics, university lecturers and professors, it was impossible to organize rehearsals twice a week as should have been appropriate.
Darko Breitenfeld is very active in music therapy and in research of the diseases of famous Croatian and foreign composers.
jagor.srce.hr /zlp/english/history.html   (2330 words)

  
 Delaware Valley Distance Learning Consortium
The Consortium is built on the belief that students are too busy with jobs and family, lack transportation or have physical disabilities that keep them off campus," Breitenfeld said.
Breitenfeld contacted college and university presidents in early 1995 to explore their interest in forming an alliance.
Later in the year, he formed a steering committee of a dozen higher education leaders, which met during the summer and developed organizing and operational guidelines for the Consortium.
www.whyy.org /DVDLC/prel1295.html   (742 words)

  
 Index B
Breitenfeld, August - 1872 marriage record - father of the groom
Breitenfeld, August - 1875 marriage record - father of the groom
Breitenfeld, Carl Julius - 1875 marriage record - groom
members.aol.com /marotz742/bdex.html   (844 words)

  
 War of the Minds - Archive - XIII
Tilly advanced on Breitenfeld, his infantry in the center, cavalry on both wings.
On his left, Pappenheim's cavalry struck the Protestant right flank (commanded by General Johan Baner) but was stopped by a skillful Swedish deployment of alternate squares of horsemen and infantry.
Breitenfeld, a victory of movement and firepower over weight of formation, has been called the first battle of the modern age, and Gustavus the father of modern warfare.
www.kyphilom.com /www/warmindd.html   (11721 words)

  
 The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History: Breitenfeld, Battle of@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History: Breitenfeld, Battle of@ HighBeam Research
In the Thirty Years' War, victory of a joint Swedish-Saxon force under King Gustavus Adolphus over Imperial forces under Count Tilly 17 Sept 1631 at Breitenfeld, about 10 km/6 mi from Leipzig.
While Gustavus was negotiating alliances with Brandenburg and Saxony, Tilly sacked Magdeburg, which he had promised to relieve.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28757079&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (207 words)

  
 News Item : VPI names new general manager and marketing manager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Williams comes to VPI with more than 20 years of international management and leadership experience in commercial and manufacturing environments.
As marketing manager, Breitenfeld is responsible for all marketing and sales support, including new product and market identification, market research, advertising and merchandising activities.
Previously, Breitenfeld worked at Brady Corp. in various capacities for eight years.
www.ntlfloortrends.com /CDA/ArticleInformation/news/news_item/0,2919,112585,00.html   (193 words)

  
 Soldotna Air, Inc. v. Estate of Duane Breitenfeld, et al (6/30/92), 835 P 2d 1215
The question is not before us at this time, and we do not decide it here.
These individually named plaintiffs were Sharon Kay Breitenfeld, Patricia Ann Lazer, and Lorna Hodgin.
If the distributee or claimant does not have the property, then the distributee or claimant is liable to return the value as of the date of disposition of the property improperly received and its income and gain.
www.touchngo.com /sp/html/sp-3859.htm   (4375 words)

  
 The Gyllenhaal Family Tree Project: Nils Gyllenhaal
Nils served in the battles of Breitenfeld, Lech, Alte Feste, Lützen and Oldendorf.
The Battle of Breitenfeld (or Leipzig) on September 17, 1631, broke the strength of revived Catholicism in central Europe.
Nils also fought in the wars against Denmark (1643-1645 and 1657-1660) and in the campaign in Bohemia (1648).
www.gyllenhaal.org /NilsGyllenhaal.html   (1032 words)

  
 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.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0849113.html   (259 words)

  
 Current Online | TCI wants to do business with public TV
It's now up to Discovery and the American Program Service to work out a program-sharing arrangement, according to Bouton and Ric Breitenfeld, president of WHYY, Philadelphia, who asked APS to discuss the possibilities with Discovery.
To participants in the Discovery talks, the economic benefits of any deal that may emerge are clear and compelling: their stations would have a new stream of programming coming to them free, possibly with underwriting dollars already attached.
Breitenfeld described a scenario under which Discovery's marketers would offer an advertiser the option of public TV distribution of the program it sponsors on Discovery.
www.current.org /pbs/pbs608t.html   (1192 words)

  
 The Age of Battles: the Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Age of Battles: the Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo
The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo.
Russell F. Weigley is Professor of History at Temple University and author of A Great Civil War (winner of the Lincoln Prize); The American Way of War; History of the United States Army; and Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, (all published by IUP).
www.unireps.com.au /detailprint.htm?isbn=0253217075   (171 words)

  
 Darrow Review, Bucks County Courier Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Fittingly, Breitenfeld played the Darrow-like character Henry Drummond in Actors’ NET 2002 production of “Inherit the Wind,” the 1955 play based on the controversial trial by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.
Trim, white-haired Breitenfeld has a through command of the script.
Cheryl Doyle provides Breitenfeld with an all-purpose set that covers home, office and courtroom and supplies just enough moving around space to prevent monotony.
www.actorsnetbucks.org /on_stage/2003_2004/clarence_darrow/review_bucks_co_courier_times.htm   (407 words)

  
 Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
King Gustav of Sweden changed everything, however, by introducing revolutionary tactics that relied on smaller formations and emphasized movement and firepower instead of brute strength.
The genius of his innovations was demonstrated in 1631 at the battle of Breitenfeld when his Swedish army handily defeated Tilly's larger old style Imperial army.
A search of the Internet, library, and Magweb, turned up some useful resources for wargaming Breitenfeld and the Thirty Years War.
www.juniorgeneral.org /30yw/30yw.html   (1904 words)

  
 The Later Thirty Years War — www.greenwood.com
Description: Continuing where the author left off in Battles of the Thirty Years War, this companion volume details the military aspects of the final years of this important early modern conflict.
Whereas the earlier half of the war was dominated by a few climactic battles (White Mountain, Lutter, Breitenfeld, and Nordlingen), the later period consisted of a more drawn-out struggle between more evenly matched opponents.
Guthrie emphasizes the unique aspects of the Thirty Years War, its place in the evolution of warfare and weapons, and the adjustment of the actual waging of war to the rise of the nascent linear system.
www.greenwood.com /books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=GM2408&imprintID=   (525 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Thirty Years War
These views probably influenced his military decisions after the battle of Breitenfeld.
He left the Saxons to occupy the Austrians by an attack on Prague, and without moving against Pappenheim he went straight towards the dioceses on the Main and the middle course of the Rhine in order first to defeat them, and then their chief, Maximilian, before striking a decisive blow against the emperor.
The imperial forces were severely defeated by Torstenson at Breitenfeld in November, 1642, and at Jüterbogk and Magdeburg in October, 1644.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14648b.htm   (10052 words)

  
 30 Years War Publications and Other Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
An eyewitness account of the Battle of Breitenfeld, September 1631.
A 1631 broadside which circulated throughout Germany before the Battle of Breitenfeld, showing Johann Georg I Elector of Saxony, King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden, and the Imperialist Count Tilly, around a table with a series of bowls holding nuts in them (sweatmeats meaning "nuts,").
Adolphus is seen holding a chalice of justice and is about to clock Tilly across the head if he touches any of the bowls.
www.lukehistory.com /resources/30yrswar.html   (168 words)

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