Battle of the Alte Veste

Battle of Alte Veste
Part of the Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War

Plan of Wallenstein's camp, made in 1634. West is up.
Date3–4 September 1632 (N.S.)
Location
Alte Veste, southwest of Nürnberg, Franconian Circle, Holy Roman Empire
(present-day Bavaria, Germany)
Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League		 Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Johann von Aldringen		 Gustavus Adolphus
Wilhelm of Weimar
Bernard of Saxe-Weimar
Lennart Torstensson (POW)
Strength
43,500 men 45,430 men
  •  • 30,011 infantry
  •  • 15,419 cavalry
Casualties and losses
900 2,500

The Battle of the Alte Veste was a significant battle of the Thirty Years' War in which Gustavus Adolphus' attacking forces were defeated by Wallenstein's entrenched troops.

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