Talk:Battle of Lützen (1632)

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I just came here for a minor edit, but there's something at the beginning of the layout that I like. The article begins with a list of basic information about the battle. This could be put into a project box as has been the case with several other topics. Any comments? Eclecticology

Thx for the compliment, i am not yet entirely satisfied myself. How can I put something in a project box? TeunSpaans 17:14 Oct 18, 2002 (UTC)

The arbitrary format so far we have seen on battle pages really need some organizations. A

[[Wikiproject Battles]]

will definitely the best option. It can also solve the problem on sorting the battles chronologically, geographically alphabetically or on any other criteria have not been thought of yet. If we have all information about a battle oragnizeg properly on its page, creating sorted lists is simply checking watch links and look for the specific criterion. Say one wants to sort by the alphabetical order on the first alphabet of the battle sites. One can copy-paste all geographically names, sort them and saving them on

[[List of battles (geographical order)/A]], [[List of battles (geographical order)/B]] etc.

The parent page of List of battles became linking page of all sorted lists.

eg.

[[List of battles (geographical order)]], [[List of battles (alphabetical order)]], [[List of battles (chronological order)]], etc.

I'll post this comment also on Wikipedia:WikiProject to gain more interests. Ktsquare Oct 19 2002

The battle tood place on Nov 16, not the 14th

[edit] Opening line

Was Lutzen in fact one of the most decisive battles of the TYW? I'd disagree. It was in fact a very messy, indecisive battle. Wallenstein's officers thought the battle was going well and wanted to stay to fight the next day, and were angered and surprised to hear he wanted to withdraw.

It also was not decisive in terms of the war itself -- the effect of the Swedish intervention had already been given a major haircut by the change in Imperial strategy and modifications to imperial army organization. Had the king not been killed, I doubt the Swedish forces in Germany would really have behaved much differently in the long term. Larry Dunn 14:55, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Was this really a pyrrhic victory for the Swedish?

In the sidebar, it lists the victory as being Pyrrhic for the Swedish, yet it hints that the vanquished lost more in battle. Should this be edited?

[edit] Unsure

The Catholics probably lost more soldiers and equipment but still, Gustavus Adolphus died. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lolibollg (talk • contribs) 20:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)