• The Second Battle of Breitenfeld was a major engagement of the Thirty Years' War between the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire under Archduke Leopold...
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    Turenne to take control of most of the northern Upper Rhine. A decisive Swedish victory at Breitenfeld in November 1642 secured control of Northern Germany,...
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  • list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are...
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    through Saxony he crushed the imperial army at the second Battle of Breitenfeld on 23 October 1642. In 1643 Torstensson invaded Moravia for the second time...
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    Saxony and Brandenburg-Prussia, victory at Breitenfeld in September 1631 gave Gustavus control over much of north and central Germany. While Elector John...
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    Gott mit uns (category Battle cries)
    as a 'field word', a means of recognition akin to a password, by the army of Gustavus Adolphus at the battles of Breitenfeld, Lützen and Wittstock in the...
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    monogram had been cut from the fabric. Similarly, during the Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), near Leipzig, Colonel Madlo's cavalry regiment was the first...
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    The Battle of Kempen, also known as Battle of the Kempen Heights, or Battle of Hückelsmay, took place on 17 January 1642 during the Thirty Years' War,...
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    named after him. In 1642 he commanded with Count Bruay the right wing of the Imperial army in the disastrous Battle of Breitenfeld. A year later, he commanded...
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    Podelwitz, facing southwest toward Breitenfeld and Leipzig. The battle began around mid-day, with a two-hour exchange of artillery fire, during which the...
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