Battle of Lützen

Chapter 8, Section 6.

The Battle of Lützen.

October to November, 1632.

Wallenstein had succeeded at Nuremberg, but he was not to succeed in Saxony.

In 1630, Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus joined the fight on the side of the Protestants and over a period of two years managed to turn the tide of the war, reclaiming for the Protestants much of what had been lost in northern Europe.

In 1632, the Protestants defeated the Catholics led by Wallenstein at the Battle of Lützen.

However, Gustavus Adolphus was killed, which sapped the Swedish desire and ability to fight.

In part due to his loss at the Battle of Lützen, Wallenstein lost the support of the emperor, was eventually declared guilty of treason, and was assassinated by his own men in 1634.

The Protestants then made advances in southern Germany.

With the loss of Wallenstein, the emperor relied more on the Spanish, who had been fighting their own war this entire time with the Dutch, known as the Eighty Years' War.

In the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish army was about to turn the tide against the Habsburgs.

The Swedish involvement really was that change point, and then occurred the Battle of Lutzen, in which the Swedish lion, Restovus Adolphus, was killed.

And with his death, immediately Swedish hegemony began to turn again.

And the Habsburgs then began to, again, turn the tide of war, if you will.

Like Wellington at Torres Vedras, or Gustavus himself at Werben, he would meet the attack of the enemy by establishing himself in a carefully selected position of defense.

End of section 35 Section 36 of the Thirty Years' War by Samuel Ross and Gardner This LibriVox recording is in the public domain, read by Pamela Nagami Chapter eight, section six, The Battle of Lützen, October to November 1632.

Wallenstein had succeeded at Nuremberg, but he was not to succeed in Saxony.

Gustavus was upon him before he had gained the positions he needed.