Battle of Chemnitz

Part of the Thirty Years' War

Date	14 April 1639
Location	Chemnitz (present-day Germany)
Result	Decisive Swedish victory

Belligerents

Sweden

Saxony

Commanders and leaders

General Banér

General Marazzino

Thirty Years' War

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The Battle of Chemnitz (14 April 1639) took place near the town of Chemnitz, in what is now eastern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. Swedish forces under Johan Banér inflicted a crushing defeat on Rodolfo Giovanni Marazzino who commanded the Saxons and an Imperial detachment.^[1]^[2]

Battle

The battle was a confused engagement in broken country north of Chemnitz. After a forced march to the area, the Swedish forces were able to rout a large portion of the opposing forces,^[1] capturing their baggage train, and taking 1,500 prisoners.^[1]

Aftermath

Following the battle, the Swedes occupied Pirna and advanced into Bohemia.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wilson 2009, p. 614.
↑ Wedgewood 1938, p. .

References

Wedgewood, C.V. (1938), The Thirty Years War, Pimlico, ISBN 0-7126-5332-5
Wilson, Peter Hamish (2009), The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy (illustrated, reprint ed.), Harvard University Press, pp. 614, ISBN 9780674036345