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Battle of Breitenfeld (1642)

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Madlo's regiment seemed to confirm the guilt of the left wing but did not calm tempers. When the Archduke asked Hatzfeld, who had arrived with reinforcements in January 1643, to take over command while he travelled to Vienna, Hatzfeld refused saying he could not repair the mistakes of the Italians. Confronted with this insubordination, the Archduke resigned his command and in February was temporarily replaced by Piccolomini before he decided to enter Spanish service and stepped down in April. The returning Trentine general
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The Imperial Army lost all 46 guns along with 3,000 to 5,000 dead or wounded plus another 4,500 or 5,000 taken prisoner, including generals Suys and Fernemont. Swedish casualties were 4,000 dead or wounded; Generals Lilliehöök and Slang were killed, while General Stålhandske, commander of the Finnish
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on 10 August but abandoned it on 12 September when Torstensson offered him battle in front of the fortress. The Swedish army was now large enough to put the Imperials under pressure and they pulled back to the Bohemian border where they entrenched themselves and used their light cavalry to harass the
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Defeat ignited antagonism in the army between Germans and Italians, commonly called "Welsche" or "Walsche", who claimed it was due to the collapse of the mostly German left wing under Puchheim, who in turn argued the mostly Italian right under Gonzaga had failed to support them. The court-martial of
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pursued the fleeing Imperial left, while the rest under Wittenberg moved behind the Imperial centre to attack their right from behind. Under pressure from two sides, this broke while Piccolomini and the Archduke used their personal bodyguards along with the Alt- and Neu-Piccolomini, Mislik, Borneval
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The Imperials had 26,000 men and 46 guns against 20,000 and 70 respectively for the Swedes. Despite the disparity in numbers, the two forces were roughly equivalent because the Imperial army included many irregular Croatian and Hungarian cavalry of questionable combat value, as well as some dragoons
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The fast approach of the Imperial Army under the Archduke and Piccolomini forced Torstensson to lift the siege of Leipzig on 1 November. Assuming the Swedes were in disorderly retreat, the Archduke and his war council decided to attack against the advice of Piccolomini who considered them too strong
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attacked the Imperial left. Its commander Hans Christoph von Puchheim had not yet fully deployed his troops and some of his regiments took flight, allegedly led by Madlo's regiment of arquebusiers in the front line, followed by a number of neighbouring units and most of the Saxon regiments holding
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Rather than a renewed offensive, Torstensson renewed the siege of Leipzig which held out until 7 December. Its loss gave the Swedes a secure base in Saxony and was a serious blow to Elector John George, although most of the Imperial prisoners who joined the Swedish army after Breitenfeld deserted
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and again took a defensive position in front of the Swedes. The Imperials used their superior light cavalry to harass the Swedes in skirmishes. The Swedes held out until October when they retreated into Silesia and then left Habsburg territory entirely to attack Denmark in the
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regiments. In contrast, the Swedish cavalry was almost exclusively formed out of heavy cuirassiers. Both sides placed their cavalry on the wings, with the infantry in the centre, split into two subgroups because a small forest, the Linkelwald, bisected the Imperial lines.
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and Count Bruay shattered most of the Swedish left under Erik Slang and pushed them back onto their reserve under Königsmarck which continued to resist. Torstensson now decided to split his victorious right; one part under
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in November with fresh recruits and the outstanding pay saved them from mutiny. The Emperor's peace with the Guelphs in the Treaty of Goslar removed the strategic link between the Swedes and the French army under
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and Luttke regiments as a rear guard to cover their retreat. Although the infantry north of the Linkelwald escaped, the group to the south was encircled by the Swedish cavalry and forced to surrender.
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took over command, largely because he was acceptable to both Germans and Italians. Most of the Italian generals like the Gonzagas or Montecuccoli chose to retire or depart for Italy to fight in the
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after a short siege. After collecting superior forces, the Imperials forced the outnumbered Swedes back into Silesia pursued by the Archduke. Leaving a blockading corps at Olomouc, on 25 July his
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Nicola who repulsed two Swedish attacks with the support of the reserve cavalry under Ernst Roland von Suys before a third assault broke through, killing Nicola and several other officers.
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The dissolution of the Swedish Royal First Life Grenadier Regiment in 1927 was commemorated by this medal showing on the obverse the Second Battle of Breitenfeld as "Leipzig 1642".
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Battle began in the early morning of 2 November with an artillery duel in which Swedish infantry commander Johan Lilliehöök was mortally wounded. The Swedes crossed the
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In April, the Swedes started their next offensive. Gallas anticipated their aim of resupplying Olomouc and tried to block their way with a strong defensive position at
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split up from the main Imperial force to contain Guébriant's advance. Both Imperials and Swedes moved to the east where the Swedes pitched winter quarters in
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to move into winter quarters in late February. While the Imperials were still obtaining quarters in April, the Swedes already started their campaign.
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was appointed commander of Leipzig and enforced a large contribution of 150,000 talers. On 29 December, Wittenberg captured
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During 1641, the Swedish army narrowly escaped the pursuit by Imperials and Bavarians after its failed attack on the
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Victory allowed the Swedes to occupy and establish a secure base in Leipzig, the second most important town in the
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for a direct assault. The Swedes retreated to better positions outside Breitenfeld where they awaited an attack.
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while Torstensson conferred with the French commander Guébriant. In early January, the Swedes besieged
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On the other side of the battlefield, the result was the opposite. The Imperial right under
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The new Swedish commander Torstensson planned a major offensive in 1642 to strike into the
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The reverse of this medal honours the soldiers defending their homeland on foreign soil
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Swedish supply lines. Withdrawing into Saxony in October, Torstensson laid siege to
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for aid. Before being reinforced by a detachment from the main Imperial Army under
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First Battle of Leipzig 1642 on the flag of a Swedish 1927 Art Deco Medal, obverse
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to distract the Imperials. In the meantime, he attained a crossing at
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to join up with the Archduke, while on 14 June Torstensson captured
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which sentenced the Madlo regiment to exemplary punishment at
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allies, the remnant of the Swedes repelled the Imperials at
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at the crossroads village where the Swedish forces under
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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm assembled a court-martial in
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Index

Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
Battle of Leipzig
Thirty Years' War

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Breitenfeld
Saxony
Germany
Sweden
Sweden
Holy Roman Empire
Sweden
Lennart Torstensson
Sweden
Arvid Wittenberg
Sweden

Sweden

Holy Roman Empire
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm
Holy Roman Empire
Ottavio Piccolomini
Holy Roman Empire
Annibale Gonzaga
Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
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