Battle of Rain
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Thirty Years' War |
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Plzeň – Záblati – Dolní Věstonice – White Mountain – Wiesloch – Wimpfen – Höchst – Fleurus – Stadtlohn – Dessau Bridge – Lutter am Barenberge – Stralsund – Wolgast – Frankfurt – Magdeburg – Werben – 1st Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Alte Veste – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen – Wittstock – Rheinfelden – Breisach – Chemnitz – Honnecourt – 2nd Breitenfeld – Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankov – Mergentheim – Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague |
On April 15, 1632, Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus crossed the Lech river near the city Rain (Lech) after a short battle against Tilly's army during the Thirty Years' War. Tilly was fatally wounded by a cannon ball during the crossing.