"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
(includes 4,000 deserters as well 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 29.02.2020)
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