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Battle of Alte Veste | |||||||
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Part of the Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War | |||||||
![]() Plan of Wallenstein's camp, made in 1634. West is up. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Holy Roman Empire Catholic League | Sweden | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Albrecht von Wallenstein Johann von Aldringen |
Gustavus Adolphus Wilhelm of Weimar Bernard of Saxe-Weimar Lennart Torstensson (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
43,500 men[1] |
44,600 men 30,011 infantry in 37 regiments and 306 companies 15,419 cavalry in 39 regiments and 263+ companies[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
900[3] | 2,500[3] |
The Battle of the Alte Veste was a significant battle of the Thirty Years' War in which Gustavus Adolphus' attacking forces were defeated by Wallenstein's entrenched troops.[4]
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