Battle of Tuttlingen
1643 battle of the Thirty Years' War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Tuttlingen was fought in Tuttlingen on 24 November 1643 between the French army in Germany led by Marshal Josias Rantzau, composed of French soldiers and the so called Weimarans or Bernhardines, German troops once in service of Bernard of Saxe-Weimar. They were defeated by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire, Bavaria and Spain led by Franz von Mercy. Technically, Mercy led a military force composed of his Bavarian army, supported by Imperial, Spanish, and Lorrainer troops. The French army was wiped out in a surprise attack in heavy snowfall along with French strategic gains since 1638. The French court suppressed the defeat and it remains largely unknown today, even among historians of the war.
Battle of Tuttlingen | |||||||
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Part of Thirty Years' War and the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) | |||||||
Johann de Werth's Überfall bei Tuttlingen by Karl von Blaas (oil on canvas, 1866) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Holy Roman Empire Bavaria Spain | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Franz von Mercy | Josias Rantzau (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,000[1]-22,000[2] |
15,000[1]-18,000[2] 10 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,000[2] |
7,000[2]-10,500[1] 10 guns |