Battle of Stadtlohn
| Battle of Stadtlohn | |||||||
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| Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||
The route of the Protestant Army at Stadtlohn | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Electoral Palatinate | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Christian of Brunswick Hermann Styrum Dodo zu Knyphausen |
Count of Tilly Graf Anholt | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 15,000 |
5,000+ cavalry 15,000+ infantry 14 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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6,000 dead 4,000 captured | 1,000 dead or wounded | ||||||
Stadtlohn Location within North Rhine-Westphalia Stadtlohn Stadtlohn (Germany) | |||||||
The Battle of Stadtlohn was fought on 6 August 1623 between the armies of the Electoral Palatinate and of the Catholic League during the Thirty Years' War. The League's forces were led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, the Protestants by Christian of Brunswick. The battle resulted in a resounding Catholic victory that largely ended the military resistance of the Palatinate forces and thus marked the end of the first phase of the Thirty Years' War.