Battle of Wittstock

Battle of Wittstock
Part of the Thirty Years' War

Battle of Wittstock
Date4 October 1636
Location
Wittstock, Brandenburg
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden  Holy Roman Empire
 Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Strength
17,000, 60 guns 18,000, 32 guns
Casualties and losses
3,500 dead or wounded, 5,000 dead, wounded or captured

The Battle of Wittstock was fought on 4 October 1636, near Wittstock in northern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. A Swedish army commanded jointly by Johan Banér and Alexander Leslie won a decisive victory against a combined Imperial-Saxon army, led by Count Melchior von Hatzfeld and John George I, Elector of Saxony.

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