Battle of Werben
Part of Thirty Years' War

Illustration of the Battle of Werben (detail)
Date7 August 1631 (N.S.)
Location
Werben (Elbe), Margraviate of Brandenburg
(present-day Saxony-Anhalt)
Result Swedish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
 Sweden

 Holy Roman Empire

Commanders and leaders
Sweden Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden Wolf von Baudissin		 Holy Roman Empire Count of Tilly
Strength
15,100[3] 16,200[3]
Casualties and losses
200[3] 1,000[3]
Werben is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Werben
Werben
Location within Saxony-Anhalt
Werben is located in Germany
Werben
Werben
Werben (Germany)

The Battle of Werben was a battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought on 7 August 1631 (N.S.),[4] between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. The Swedes had 15,100 soldiers and were led by Gustavus Adolphus, while the Imperialists had 16,200 soldiers and were led by Field-Marshal Count Tilly. Tilly's troops attacked Gustavus' entrenchments in front of Werben (Elbe), but Swedish batteries and the cavalry under Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin forced them to retreat, at the cost of 1,000 Imperials and 200 Swedes. Gustavus inflated Imperial losses to 7,000 to win German support.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "History Curriculum Homeschool | Heritage History". www.heritage-history.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tillys och Gustaf Adolfs andra möte". Zenker.se. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Clodfelter 2017, p. 37.
  4. ↑ Henrik O. Lunde: A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721, 2014, p.109.
  5. ↑ Wilson 2009, p. 471.

Bibliography

  • George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).
  • Clodfelter, M. (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015 (4th ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786474707.
  • Wilson, Peter H. (2009). Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-7139-9592-3.

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