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First Battle of Breitenfeld
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/First_Battle_of_Breitenfeld
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties
Imperial: ~7,600 killed, 6,000 captured
Swedish-Saxon: ~5,500 killed or wounded
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkb:Electorate_of_Saxony
gptkb:Swedish_Empire
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden
gptkb:Johann_Tserclaes,_Count_of_Tilly
gptkb:John_George_I,_Elector_of_Saxony
gptkbp:date
17 September 1631
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Battle_of_Lützen_(1632)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
First Battle of Breitenfeld
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Breitenfeld,_near_Leipzig,_Saxony
gptkbp:notableFor
Decisive defeat of Catholic League forces
Use of linear tactics by Swedish army
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Thirty_Years'_War
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Battle_of_Dessau_Bridge
gptkbp:result
Protestant victory
gptkbp:significance
Established Gustavus Adolphus as a leading military commander
First major Protestant victory in the Thirty Years' War
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1631)
gptkb:Battle_of_Breitenfeld
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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