Siege of Breisach

1638 siege of the Thirty Years' War

48°2′N 7°35′E / 48.033°N 7.583°E / 48.033; 7.583Result French-Weimaran victoryBelligerents Kingdom of France
Weimar Army Holy Roman Empire
BavariaCommanders and leaders Bernard of Saxe-Weimar
Vicomte de Turenne Johann von Götzen
Federico SavelliStrength c. 14,000–19,000 c. 3,000–20,000Casualties and losses 1,700 4,000

Thirty Years' War

Bohemian Revolt (1618–1620)
Pilsen Lomnice Sablat Wisternitz Bautzen White Mountain Neu Titschein
Palatinate campaign (1620–1623)
Bad Kreuznach Oppenheim Bacharach Jülich Mingolsheim Wimpfen Höchst Bergen op Zoom Heidelberg Fleurus Mannheim Frankenthal Stadtlohn
Transylvanian invasions of Hungary (1619–1621, 1623–1624, 1626)
Humenné Érsekújvár Tyrnau [de] Hodonín Vlach uprisings
Danish intervention (1625–1629)
Breda Dessau Bridge Oldenzaal Lutter am Barenberge Groenlo Stralsund Wolgast 's-Hertogenbosch
Swedish intervention (1630–1635)
Swedish landing Frankfurt Magdeburg Werben 1st Breitenfeld Bamberg Rain Maastricht Nuremberg Wiesloch Alte Veste Fürth Lützen Oldendorf Pfaffenhofen Steinau Konstanz 1st Breisach 1st Rheinfelden Liegnitz [de] 1st Nördlingen Strasbourg Bridge
Swedish-French Period (1635–1648)
Les Avins Leuven Schenkenschans Ray-sur-Saône Dömitz [de] Haselünne [de] Raon Tornavento 2nd Magdeburg Somme Wittstock 2nd Breda Venlo Leipzig Hanau 2nd Rheinfelden Saint Omer Fuenterrabía Kallo Wittenweiher Thann [de] Vlotho 2nd Breisach 1st Freiberg Chemnitz Melnik Thionville Salses Cambrils Montjuïc Preßnitz Plauen La Marfée Dorsten Wolfenbüttel Kempen Honnecourt Schweidnitz 2nd Breitenfeld 2nd Freiberg Rocroi 1st Brno Tuttlingen Kolding Freiburg Philippsburg Jüterbog Bysjön Jankau 2nd Brno Mergentheim 2nd Nördlingen 3rd Hulst Korneuburg [de] Totenhöhe [de] Hohentübingen [de] Triebl Naples Zusmarshausen Wevelinghoven Lens Dachau [de] Prague
Naval battles
Gibraltar Genoa The Slaak 1st Saint Martin Lizard Point Dunkirk Channel The Downs Cape St. Vincent 2nd Saint Martin Lister Dyb Colberger Heide Fehmarn

_Treaties

The siege of Breisach was fought on 18 August — 17 December 1638 as part of Thirty Years' War. It ended after several unsuccessful relief attempts by Imperial forces with the surrender of the Imperial garrison to the French, commanded by Bernard of Saxe-Weimar.^[1]

References

^ "RCIN 722122 - View of the siege of Breisach, 1638 (Breisach am Rhein, [Vieux-Brisach] Baden-Württemburg, Germany) 48°01'58"N 07°34'58"E". militarymaps.rct.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2024.