Battle of Stralsund (1628)

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Battle of Stralsund
Part of Thirty Years' War
A 1628 map of Stralsund.
Date July 5, 1628 Location Stralsund, Germany Result Withdrawal of Imperialist troops from the port of Stralsund.
Combatants
Scotland Sweden	Holy Roman Empire
Commanders
Unknown	Albrecht von Wallenstein

Thirty Years' War

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 – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague

The Battle of Stralsund was a battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought starting July 5, 1628 between the Holy Roman Empire and an alliance of the Swedes, Scots, and the inhabitants of Stralsund. The battle began when the Imperialists under Albrecht von Wallenstein besieged the port of Stralsund. General von Wallenstein swore to take the port in three days. The port was defended mainly by the inhabitants, aided by a small garrison of Swedes and Scots. After a siege of eleven weeks, Wallenstein was compelled to withdraw his troops from the port with heavy casualites.

[edit] References

• George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).