Breitenfeld

Breitenfeld, a village of Saxony, 5 miles N. of Leipzig, remarkable for three battles fought in its neighbourhood. In the first, fought on the 17th September (old style, 7th) 1631, Gustavus Adolphus inflicted a decisive defeat upon the imperialists under Tilly, who, as well as his generals, Pappenheim and Fürstenberg, was wounded. The second battle was also a victory of the Swedes under Torstenson over the imperial forces under the Archduke Leopold and Piccolomini, 2d November (old style, 23d October) 1642. The third battle was one act of the great 'Battle of the Nations' at Leipzig, 16th October 1813.