"23,000 Swedes18,300 Saxons
28,750 men present at Breitenfield
11,319 Musketeers4,812 Pikemen8,700 Horsemen3,928 officers35,000 menCasualties and losses5,550:3,550 Swedes dead2,000 Saxons dead27,000:7,600 dead6,000 captured3,000 wounded3,400 missing
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as 3,000 men captured on September 19 by the pursuit at Merseburg)Breitenfeld Location within SaxonyShow map of SaxonyBreitenfeldBreitenfeld (Germany)Show map of GermanyvteThirty Years´ WarBohemian Revolt (1618–1620)PilsenLomniceSablatWisternitzWhite MountainNeu TitscheinPalatinate campaign (1620-1623)Bad KreuznachOppenheimBacharachMingolsheimWimpfenHöchstHeidelbergMannheimFrankenthalFleurusStadtlohnTransylvanian invasions of Hungary (1619–21, 1623–24, 1626)HumennéÉrsekújvárTyrnau [de]HodonínPeasants´ War in Upper Austria (1626)PeuerbachLinzFreistadtEnnsNeuhauser DonausperreEbelsbergNeuhofenBad LeonfeldenHaslachNeuhofen an der KremsKornrödtLinnetwaldLambachGmundenPeilsteinEmlinger HolzPinsdorfVöcklabruckWolfseggDanish War (1626–1628)Dessau BridgeLutter am BarenbergeStralsundWolgastSwedish War (1630–1635)Swedish landingFrankfurtMagdeburgWerben1st BreitenfeldBambergRainWieslochNurembergAlte VesteFürthLützenOldendorfPfaffenhofenSteinauKonstanz1st Breisach1st RheinfeldenLiegnitz [de]1st NördlingenWillstättFrench-Swedish War (1635–1648)Les AvinsAvesnesLeuvenRay-sur-SaôneDömitz [de]Haselünne [de]RaonTornaventoSommeWittstockHanau2nd RheinfeldenFuenterrabíaVlotho2nd BreisachWittenweiher [de]Thann1st FreibergChemnitzMelnikSaint OmerThionvilleSalsesCambrilsMontjuïcPreßnitzPlauenLa MarféeDorstenWolfenbüttelHonnecourtKempenSchweidnitz2nd BreitenfeldKlingenthal2nd FreibergRocroiTuttlingenKoldingLister DybColberger HeideFreiburgFehmarnJüterbogBysjönJankauBrnoMergentheim2nd NördlingenTriebl [de]Neapolitan RevoltZusmarshausenLensWevelinghovenDachau [de]PragueNaval battlesGibraltarGenoa1st Saint MartinLizard PointDunkirkThe DownsCape St. Vincent2nd Saint MartinTreatiesThe Battle of Breitenfeld (German: Schlacht bei Breitenfeld; Swedish: Slaget vid Breitenfeld) or First Battle of Breitenfeld (in older texts sometimes known as Battle of Leipzig), was fought at a crossroads near Breitenfeld approximately 8 km north-west of the walled city of Leipzig on September 17 (Gregorian calendar), or September 7 (Julian calendar, in wide use at the time), 1631.[a][b] It was the Protestants´ first major victory of the Thirty Years War." - (en.wikipedia.org 01.03.2020)
