Battle of Wolgast

Battle of Wolgast

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Wolgast
partof=Thirty Years' War


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date=August 12, 1628
place=Wolgast, present-day Germany
result=Imperial Victory
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combatant2=
commander1=Christian IV of Denmark
commander2=Albrecht von Wallenstein
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casualties1=
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The Battle of Wolgast was an engagement in the Thirty Years' War, fought on August 12, 1628, in Wolgast, Germany. the forces involved in the conflict were those of Christian IV of Denmark and the Imperial armies of Albrecht von Wallenstein. Ultimately, Christian's forces were defeated. [Beller, p. 536.]

References

ource

* Beller, E. A. "The Military Expedition of Sir Charles Morgan to Germany, 1627-9." "The English Historical Review", Vol. 43, No. 172 (October 1928), pp. 528-539.

ee also

*List of battles

External links

* [http://www.pipeline.com/~cwa/Stralsund_Phase.htm#Christian_Invades_from_the_Sea The Siege of Stralsund, the Peace of Lübeck and the Edict of Restitution]


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