Battle of Mingolsheim

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Mingolsheim


caption=Count Tilly on a painting by van Dyck
partof=the Thirty Years' War
date=April 27, 1622
place=Mingolsheim, 22 km (14 mi) south of Heidelberg
result=Protestant victory
combatant1=Protestant German states
combatant2=flag|Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League
commanders1=Graf von Mansfeld,Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
commanders2=Count of Tilly
strength1=
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casualties1=
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The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlacht_bei_Mingolsheim Battle of Mingolsheim] was fought on April 27, 1622, near the German village of Wiesloch, 14 miles south of Heidelberg (and 5 miles south of Wiesloch), between a Protestant army under General von Mansfeld and the margrave of Baden against a Roman Catholic army under Count Tilly.

Early in the spring of 1621, mercenary forces under the command of Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach crossed the Rhine River from Alsace to junction with forces under Ernst von Mansfeld. Combined, the armies aimed to prevent a link-up between Count of Tilly and Gonzalo de Córdoba, arriving 20,000 strong from the Spanish Netherlands under the orders of General Ambrogio Spinola. Tilly met the Protestant army at its rear guard and drove upon it. This attack was successful until he met the main Protestant body, and was then rebuffed. Tilly retreated and bypassed the stationary Protestant army to link up with de Córdoba later that month. After the battle, Mansfeld found himself at a distinct disadvantage until the armies of Christian of Brunswick could arrive from the north. The two armies would engage later in the month at the Battle of Wimpfen.

External links

* [http://www.bad-schoenborn.de/ Homepage of Bad Schönborn]