World History · Europe

Battle of Dessau

By Marc Schulman World History 2 min read

HistoryCentral · Primary Source & History

One of the major battes of the Thirty Years War took place at the Battle of Dessau, in present day Germany. Catholic forces led by Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius Von Waldstien defeated the Count Mansfield and the Protestant forces. Mansfield retreated to Hungary.

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