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Battle of Lützen
The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustav II Adolf on 16 November 1632.
Conflict: Thirty Years' War
Date: November 16, 1632
Location: Near Lützen, southwest of Leipzig, Germany
Outcome: Decisive Protestant victory
Combatants
Sweden, Protestant Saxony	Catholic Holy Roman Empire
Commanders
Gustavus Adolphus, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar	Albrecht von Wallenstein, Gottfried zu Pappenheim, Heinrich Holk
Strength
16,000 troops	15,000 troops plus 10,000 on the way
Casualties
1,500	3,000
Swedish intervention Frankfort – Magdeburg – Werben – Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen

The battle box should use {{Battlebox}}, like this:

{{Battlebox|
battle_name=
|campaign=
|image=
|caption=
|conflict=
|date=
|place=
|result=
|combatant1=
|combatant2=
|commander1=
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
|}}

Parameter notes:

• Do not delete a parameter - leave the field blank if there is nothing to enter.
• The "image" should be 300px wide and must not be thumbnailed. For example: [[Image:IIH.jpg|300px|Alternative text here]]
• The "caption" will appear below the image. Keep it short, but indicate who, what, where, when and (if a work of art) the artist and date painted.
• Under "commander", give the commander's full name, but omit his military rank. Write "William Rosecrans", not "United States Major General Rosecrans". (But do give his military rank when you introduce him in the text.)
• Under "casualties", write "killed", "wounded", "missing", "captured"; don't use abbreviations like KIA or POW. Avoid giving bare casualty figures as it won't be clear whether you mean "killed" only, or "killed, wounded, missing and prisoner".

[edit] "campaign" parameter

The "campaign" parameter is used to specify a campaign box which allows the reader to navigate through the battles that make up a campaign or war. (If the battlebox describes a stand-alone battle, use {{Battlebox no campaign}} as described below.)

First check to see if someone else has already made a campaign box for that campaign; look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Campaignboxes and also at other battles in the campaign in case a previous editor forgot to update the list.

The campaign box template should be named Template:Campaignbox XXXX where XXXX is a short name for the campaign (disambiguate with a date if necessary, for example Template:Campaignbox Somme 1916). The "campaign" parameter is then "XXXX" — there is no need to append another "Campaign" to the name of the template! For example:

• |campaign=Somme 1916 uses Template:Campaignbox Somme 1916

The campaignbox should use Template:Campaign, like this:

{{Campaign|
name=
|battles=
}}

Notes:

• The "name" of the campaign should be linked to an article about the campaign, if one exists.
• "battles" should be an en-dash separated list of battles in the campaign. Abbreviate the names of the battles to keep the box small (for example link to "Battle of YYYY" as [[Battle of YYYY|YYYY]]).
• Add the campaign box to the list of campaignboxes.

[edit] No campaign?

If the battle belongs to no campaign, use {{Battlebox no campaign}} instead of {{Battlebox}}, like this:

{{Battlebox no campaign|
battle_name=
|image=
|caption=
|conflict=
|date=
|place=
|result=
|combatant1=
|combatant2=
|commander1=
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
|}}