HyperDic: battle_of_lutzen

English > 1 sense of the expression battle of Lutzen:
NOUNactbattle of Lutzen, Lutzena battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632)
English > battle of Lutzen: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed.
SynonymLutzen
Instance ofpitched battleA fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Part ofThirty Years' WarA series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
RegionGermany, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, FRGA republic in central Europe
Spanishbatalla de Lützen, Lutzen, Lützen

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