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    The Battle of the Alte Veste was a significant battle of the Thirty Years' War in which Gustavus Adolphus' attacking forces were defeated by Wallenstein's...
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    scurvy. To try to break the deadlock, 25,000 men under Gustavus attacked the Imperial entrenchments in the Battle of the Alte Veste on 3 September but failed...
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    defeated the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus at Alte Veste. The Swedish king was later killed at the Battle of Lützen. Wallenstein realised the war could...
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    army, leading to the Battle of the Alte Veste in early September. Rain order of battle Pronounced /ˈraɪn/ RINE, also called Battle of the River Lech. German:...
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    Frankfurt an der Oder and Werben, the botched Siege of Nuremberg, the Battle of Fürth, and the unfavourable Battle of the Alte Veste. Gustavus Adolphus is reported[according...
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    This led to the Battle of the Alte Veste in late August, one of the largest battles of the war. An assault on the Imperial camp outside the town was bloodily...
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    to face the Swedish army in 1632. Gallas' corps served at the Battle of the Alte Veste near Nuremberg against the Swedish King. After the battle, Gallas...
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    event and the Battle of the Alte Veste, Bernard commanded numerous expeditions in almost every district from the Moselle to Tyrol. At the Alte Veste he displayed...
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    of Nuremberg around Zirndorf, but did not allow himself to be lured onto the offensive. As a result, the Swedes started the Battle of the Alte Veste and...
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    the entrenchments of Wallenstein's imperial army in the late-August Battle of the Alte Veste (an old fort on a wooded hill near Nuremberg), and the early-September...
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    the Swedes lost the Battle of the Alte Veste against Wallenstein's troops and eventually withdrew. Franconia was one of the poorest regions in the Empire...
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    The Battle of Lützen, fought on 6 November 1632, is considered one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus...
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    the summer of 1632, King Gustav Adolf of Sweden confronted Albrecht von Wallenstein near Zirndorf in the Battle of the Alte Veste, which was part of the...
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  • fought an army of the Holy Roman Empire. The battle resulted in a Swedish victory. Battle of the Alte Veste 3–4 September – During the Siege of Nuremberg,...
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  • the Thirty Years' War (Thirty Years' War) Battle of the Alte Veste – 1632 – Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War (Thirty Years' War) Battle of...
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    52778 The Battle of Rocroi, fought on 19 May 1643, was a major engagement of the Thirty Years' War between a French army, led by the 21-year-old Duke of Enghien...
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    The Battle of Nördlingen, fought over two days from 5 to 6 September 1634, was a major battle of the Thirty Years' War. A Imperial-Spanish force led by...
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    1632 (category Leap years in the Gregorian calendar)
    They are beatified in 1867 as the last of the 205 Martyrs of Japan. September 9 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of the Alte Veste – Besieged by Wallenstein at...
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    John Ruthven (general) (category Scottish people of the Thirty Years' War)
    infantry regiment in the Battle of Breitenfeld on 17 September 1631 as full colonel. He later took part in the Battle of the Alte Veste near Nuernberg on...
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    Bavaria's western border. At the Battle of the Alte Veste, he supported Wallenstein with 6,000 men against the Swedes. The following year, Fugger fought...
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    The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, took place during the Thirty Years' War on 2 November 1642 at Breitenfeld...
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    The Battle of White Mountain (Czech: Bitva na Bílé hoře; German: Schlacht am Weißen Berg) was an important battle in the early stages of the Thirty Years'...
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    Wallenstein's strength at the Battle of the Alte Veste (the "old fort") in late August, which resulted in a nominal Catholic victory, and forced the Protestant forces...
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    The Battle of Freiburg, fought over three days on 3, 5, and 9 August 1644, took place during the Thirty Years' War, near Freiburg im Breisgau, now in Baden-Württemberg...
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    The Battle of Mingolsheim (German: Schlacht bei Mingolsheim) was fought on 27 April 1622, near the German village of Wiesloch, 23 km (14 mi) south of...
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    The Battle of Wittenweiher took place on August 9, 1638 near the village of Wittenweiher today: Wittenweier, a district of Schwanau, Baden-Württemberg...
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    They are beatified in 1867 as the last of the 205 Martyrs of Japan. September 9 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of the Alte Veste – Besieged by Wallenstein at...
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  • The Battle of Villabuona (sometimes spelled "Villabona") was fought on 29 May 1630 in the frazione of Villabona (a locality in the comune of Goito) in...
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    The Battle of Lutter (German: Lutter am Barenberge) took place on 27 August 1626 during the Thirty Years' War, south of Salzgitter, in Lower Saxony. A...
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    The siege of Pilsen (or Plzeň) or Battle of Pilsen was a siege of the fortified city of Pilsen (Czech: Plzeň) in Bohemia carried out by the forces of...
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