Battle of Stralsund (1628)

Battle of Stralsund (1628)
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Battle of Stralsund

Part of Thirty Years' War

A 1628 map of Stralsund.

Date	July 5, 1628
Location	Stralsund, present-day Germany
Result	Withdrawal of Imperialist troops from the port of Stralsund.

Belligerents

Scotland

Sweden

Holy Roman Empire

Commanders

Robert Monro

Albrecht von Wallenstein

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Thirty Years' War

Pilsen – Sablat – Wisternitz – White Mountain – Wiesloch – Wimpfen – Höchst – Fleurus – Stadtlohn – Dessau Bridge – Lutter am Barenberge – Stralsund – Wolgast – Frankfurt – Magdeburg – Werben – 1st Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Alte Veste – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen – Wittstock – Rheinfelden – Breisach – Chemnitz – The Downs – La Marfée – Honnecourt – 2nd Breitenfeld – Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankau – Hulst – Mergentheim – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague

The Battle of Stralsund was a battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought starting July 5, 1628, between the Holy Roman Empire and an alliance of the Swedes, Scots, and the inhabitants of Stralsund. The battle began when the Imperialists under Albrecht von Wallenstein besieged the port of Stralsund. General von Wallenstein swore to take the port in three days. The port was defended mainly by the inhabitants, aided by a small garrison of Swedes and Scots. After a siege of eleven weeks, Wallenstein was compelled to withdraw his troops from the port with heavy casualites.

References

George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).

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