Germany · Warfare / Thirty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
German mercenary Count von Mansfield captures Pargue after 16 hours of hard fighting. Carried out by the forces of the Bohemian Protestants led by Ernst von Mansfeld, the first major battle of the Thirty Years War, the Protestant victory and subsequent capture of the city sparked the Bohemian Revolt
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