Battle of Stadtlohn

After the victory at Fleurus (August 29, 1622), Protestant troops retreated to the Spanish Netherlands, where they spent the winter. In the spring of 1623, the commanders of the Protestant army Christian Braunschweig, Mansfeld , Gabor Betlen and Count Thurn drew up a plan for the capture of the Czech Republic to give the Protestant movement a new life. However, the plan was frustrated due to a lack of funds to support the hired army of Mansfeld. At this time, the forces of the Catholic League, led by Count Tilly, advanced to Lower Saxony. The Christian turned out to be one on one with the quantitatively and qualitatively superior army of Tilly. He began to retreat and maneuver. On August 6, 1623, Christians reached the border near Stadtlohn.

Christian Braunschweig deployed his troops on a hill partially surrounded by marshy territory. Nevertheless, superiority was on the side of the Catholic League: the soldiers of the Till army had combat experience, and quantitatively exceeded the Protestant army. The battle went on all day. Only in the evening the army of Catholics stopped the attacks. At night, the Christians of Braunschweig retreated, abandoning the wagon train and losing two thirds of their troops in battle.

After the defeat at Stadtlohn, the Christian retreated to the Spanish Netherlands. Three days after the battle, the Czech king and elector of the Palatinate Frederick V signed a truce with the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. This marked the end of the Czech-Palatinate period of the Thirty Years War.

• Stadtlohn // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.