Significant1636
Battle of Wittstock
Wittstock · Brandenburg
Estimated casualties
7.0K – 10Kestimated dead
Total casualties ~7,000-10,000, predominantly among the Imperial-Saxon army.
SOURCEWikipedia / Britannica
On 4 October 1636 a Swedish army under Johan Baner and Alexander Leslie won a decisive victory over a larger Imperial-Saxon army south of Wittstock in Brandenburg, restoring Swedish prestige and prolonging Protestant resistance in the Thirty Years' War.
Belligerents2
- Sweden
- Holy Roman Empire and Saxony
ON THE MAPSwedish Empire
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Wittstock
- Britannica: Battle of Wittstock
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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