The Battle of Werben was a battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought on 7 August 1631 ( N.S.),Henrik O. Lunde: A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721, 2014, p.109. between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. The Swedes had 15,100 soldiers and were led by

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, while the Imperialists had 16,200 soldiers and were led by Field-Marshal Count Tilly. Tilly's troops attacked Gustavus' entrenchments in front of

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, 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.

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. ''Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles''. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (). * * 1631 in Europe Werben Werben Werben Werben Werben 1631 in the Holy Roman Empire Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden {{Sweden-battle-stub