The Battle of Wittstock 1636: Conflicting Reports on a Swedish Victory in Germany

Steve Murdoch; Kathrin Margarete Gertrud Zickermann; Richard Adam Marks

The Battle of Wittstock 1636: Conflicting Reports on a Swedish Victory in Germany

Steve Murdoch, Kathrin Margarete Gertrud Zickermann, Richard Adam Marks

School of History

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Abstract

This article reviews a the historiography of the battle of Wittstock in October 1636. It then adds in additional reports on the battle from two of the three senior commanders on the victorious side and evaluates how these both overturn the historical orthodoxy concerning the event and bring a totally new understanding of the events of that day.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-109
Number of pages	38
Journal	Northern Studies
Volume	43
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2012

Keywords

WAR
Wittstock
early modern Scotland
Alexander Leslie
Thirty Years' War
Swedish army

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