| Battle of Werben | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Thirty Years' War | |||||||
._Ausschnitt_aus,_K%C3%B6niglich_Schwedisches_Feldlager_vor_der_Stadt,_1.jpg) Illustration of the Battle of Werben (detail) | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sweden | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Gustavus Adolphus Wolf von Baudissin |
 Count of Tilly | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 15,100[3] | 16,200[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200[3] | 1,000[3] | ||||||
  Werben Location within Saxony-Anhalt  Werben Werben (Germany) | |||||||
.svg){kind=small}
The Battle of Werben was a battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought on 7 August 1631 (N.S.),[4] between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. The Swedes had 15,100 soldiers and were led by Gustavus Adolphus, while the Imperialists had 16,200 soldiers and were led by Field-Marshal Count Tilly. Tilly's troops attacked Gustavus' entrenchments in front of Werben (Elbe), but Swedish batteries and the cavalry under Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin forced them to retreat, at the cost of 1,000 Imperials and 200 Swedes. Gustavus inflated Imperial losses to 7,000 to win German support.[5]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battle of Werben.
