Battle of Rain (Lech)

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The Battle of Rain (Lech) was a 1632 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus forced the crossing of the Lech River against Imperial forces, leading to the mortal wounding of his opponent, Count Tilly.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rain ⓘ
Battle of the Lech ⓘ
attackingForce Swedish forces on the north bank of the Lech ⓘ
belligerent Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath mortal wounding of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ⓘ
combatantSide Imperial Catholic forces ⓘ
Swedish Protestant forces ⓘ
commander Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ⓘ
conflict Thirty Years' War ⓘ
consequence Swedish advance into Bavaria ⓘ
removal of Count Tilly from active command ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
date 1632 ⓘ
defensivePositionHeldBy Imperial forces on the south bank of the Lech ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Swedish advance toward Munich ⓘ
Swedish occupation of Augsburg ⓘ
hasCasualties Imperial army suffered heavy casualties ⓘ
Swedish army suffered moderate casualties ⓘ
hasParticipant Imperial cavalry ⓘ
Imperial infantry ⓘ
Swedish artillery ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
location Lech River ⓘ
near Rain am Lech ⓘ
notableConsequence mortal wounding of Count Tilly ⓘ
notableEvent crossing of the Lech River by Swedish forces ⓘ
opponentOf Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ⓘ
partOfCampaign Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
precededBy Swedish campaign in Franconia ⓘ
presentDayLocation Bavaria, Germany ⓘ
linked to: Bavaria
region Bavaria ⓘ
result Swedish victory ⓘ
riverCrossingType forced river crossing ⓘ
significance decisive weakening of the main Imperial field army in southern Germany ⓘ
enhanced military reputation of Gustavus Adolphus ⓘ
strategicObjective to force a crossing of the Lech River into Bavaria ⓘ
theater German theater of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
usedTactic artillery bombardment to cover river crossing ⓘ
year 1632 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden → battle → Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly → defeat → Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ
Lech → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Rain (1632) on the Lech ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Rain (Lech)
Tilly → woundedIn → Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ
Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War → hasPart → Battle of Rain (Lech) (1632) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Rain (Lech)
Catholic League army → engagedInBattle → Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ
Catholic League army → notableDefeat → Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ
Gustav Horn → notableBattle → Battle of Rain (Lech) (1632) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Rain (Lech)