""On the field of Lützen on the same day / Gustavus" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Jan 2022 9:30 p.m. PST |
… Adolphus lay in his blood." – The Death of the Leu von Mitternacht "6 November 1632, the Leu von Mitternacht (lit.: Lion from Midnight, meaning from the North), Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, fell in the Battle of Lützen, 20 miles southwest of Leipzig during the Thirty Years' War. "Like a ray of light it flashes through the fog / no rider in the saddle sits / The fleeing beast, it steams, it reeks / Its white is dipped in scarlet red // The saddle bloody, bloody the mane / All Sweden saw the horse / On the field of Lützen on the same day / Gustavus Adolphus lay in his blood." (Theodor Fontane "6 November 1632, A Swedish Legend")…"
From Once Upon a Time Blog
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Armand
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| chrisminiaturefigs | 07 Jan 2022 9:12 a.m. PST |
Thanks Tango, that is a great link. |
Shagnasty  | 07 Jan 2022 1:22 p.m. PST |
Thank you Armand. I've always regarded Gustavus' death a tragedy for Europe. |
| Tango01 | 07 Jan 2022 3:04 p.m. PST |
A votre service mes amis…
Armand
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| Huscarle | 08 Jan 2022 9:02 a.m. PST |
+1 Chris, that is indeed an excellent link and good reading  |
| Regicide1649 | 10 Jan 2022 1:00 p.m. PST |
Great post. If this may be of interest and this research has escaped anybody's attention (I am new-ish to TMP), I interject it bc it has begun to change the way I think about 17th Century warfare. Not least, the age-range the 'Good Adolph' recruited from (we all knew, I am sure, about the age-range of the 'Bad Adolph'). It's 'open access' so can be Googled; in fact, both Adolphs took younger teenagers. It is a great piece of research, I think, entitled 'The face of war: Trauma analysis of a mass grave from the Battle of Lützen (1632). |
| Tango01 | 10 Jan 2022 3:47 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it…. Armand |
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