Battle of Thann (1638)
| Battle of Thann | |||||||||
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| Part of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||||
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, the commander of the Imperial Army Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, commander of the Franco-Weimaran Army Preview warning: Page using Template:Multiple image with unknown parameter "image_size" | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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France Weimar Army |
Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Lorraine | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar Reinhold von Rosen Wilhelm Otto von Nassau-Siegen (WIA) Ludwig von Wietersheim † Count of Wittgenstein (WIA) |
Charles de Lorraine Anne-François de Bassompierre (POW) Colonel Vernier (POW) Lieutenant Colonel Fleckenstein (POW) | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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French Army of Germany Weimar Army |
Exiled Lorraine Army Imperial Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 4,800 | 4,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Insignificant |
400 killed 44 Colors baggage train All the Artillery Many officers and soldiers captured | ||||||||
The Battle of Thann (1638) was fought between the Weimar Army in the Service of the French, under Bernard of Saxe-Weimar and an Imperial-Lorraine under Charles de Lorraine. The battle was won by the Weimarans and the Imperials retreated back to the Franche-Comté, this was one of many attempts to relieve the besieged Breisach.
The battle was one of Bernard's victories and was a part of Bernard's Upper Rhine campaign, Thann was the last Alsatian stronghold of Charles and he was reduced to the Franche-Comté and Thionville. This victory also fully cemented France's control of Alsace. The site of the battle lies in Alsace between the towns of Thann, Haut-Rhin and Sennen, Haut-Rhin, present-day Cernay, Haut-Rhin.