Battle of Breisach

Part of the Thirty Years' War

Date	18 August – 17 December 1638
Location	Breisach, Holy Roman Empire
Result	French victory

Belligerents

Saxe-Weimar

France

Holy Roman Empire

Bavaria

Commanders and leaders

Bernard of Saxe-Weimar

Vicomte de Turenne

Johann Götz
Federico Savelli

Strength

ca. 14,000–19,000

ca. 3,000–20,000

Casualties and losses

1,700

4,000

Thirty Years' War

Pilsen Lomnice Sablat Wisternitz Humenné Bad Kreuznach Oppenheim Bacharach White Mountain Neu Titschein Mingolsheim Wimpfen Höchst Fleurus Heidelberg Mannheim Frankenthal Stadtlohn Dessau Bridge Lutter am Barenberge Stralsund Wolgast Swedish landing Frankfurt Magdeburg Werben 1st Breitenfeld Bamberg Rain Wiesloch Alte Veste Fürth Lützen Oldendorf Steinau Konstanz 1st Breisach 1st Rheinfelden 1st Nördlingen Willstätt Les Avins Leuven Somme Wittstock 2nd Rheinfelden Fuenterrabía Vlotho 2nd Breisach Chemnitz Thionville Saint Omer Salses La Marfée Honnecourt 2nd Breitenfeld Klingenthal Rocroi Tuttlingen Freiburg Jüterbog Jankau Brno Mergentheim 2nd Nördlingen Triebl Zusmarshausen Lens Prague

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The Battle of Breisach was fought on 18 August — 17 December 1638 as part of Thirty Years' War. It ended when a garrison of the Holy Roman Empire surrendered to the French, commanded by Bernard of Saxe-Weimar.

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