The Thirty Years' War - James Aitken Wylie

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Chapter 7 Fall of Magdeburg and Victory of Leipsic WHILE the convention of Leipsic was making boastful speeches, and the Jesuits were firing off derisive pasquils, and Ferdinand of Austria was maintaining a haughty and apparently an unconcerned attitude in presence of the invading Swedes, Gustavus Adolphus was adding victory to victory, and every day marching farther into the heart of Germany. His advance at last caused alarm to the imperial generals, and it was resolved to trifle no longer with the matter, but to adopt the most energetic measures to oppose the progress of the northern arms. This brings us to one of the most thrilling incidents of the war -- the siege and capture of Magdeburg. This ancient and wealthy city stood on the left bank of the Elbe. It was strongly fortified, being enclosed on its land sides by lofty walls and broad 124
ditches. <strong>The</strong> commerce on its river had greatly enriched the citizens, and the republican form of their government had nourished in their breasts a spirit of independence and bravery. In those days, when neither trade nor liberty was widely diffused, Magdeburg had fewer rivals to contend with than now, and it surpassed in riches and freedom most of the cities in Germany. This made it a prize earnestly coveted by both sides. If it should fall into the hands of the Swedes, its situation and strength would make it an admirable storehouse and arsenal for the army; and, on the other hand, should the imperialists gain possession of it, it would give them a basis of operations from which to threaten Gustavus Adolphus in his rear, and would put it into their power to close against him one of his main exits from Germany, should defeat compel him to retreat towards the Baltic. Its government was somewhat anomalous at this moment. It was the capital of a rich bishopric, which had for some time been in possession of the Protestant princes of the House of Brandenburg. Its present administrator, Christian William, 125
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drama about to open, there was noth
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its awful strife. The first grand s
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and the Prince-bishops of Wurzburg,
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needed; for the Old had to be displ
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Deputies were summoned to Prague fr
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moment the Emperor Matthias died, a
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and virtue were offered up in the h
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existence. Even when the army-roll
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evolution of political results, how
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eligious liberty to Protestants. In
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Chapter 2 The Army and the Camp BEF
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day of confusion. The light horsema
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more substantial rampart. Immediate
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the peace between the several regim
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about in their huts, or to visit th
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year of the war a cow might be boug
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infected by the putrid bodies of de
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Footnotes: 1. Gustav. Freytag, Jahr
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defense. Some of them were surround
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commerce of the West, diffused over
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monger fled at the sound of his voi
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soldiery were endless, and complian
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They saw terrible sights in the sky
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evenge. How sad the change! The woo
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The clergy were the chief consolers
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honor. His successor, John Schmidt,
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of a cave, which is overshadowed by
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Chapter 4 Conquest of North Germany
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uncontrolled in things spiritual, a
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approach of evil days! We behold ze
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magnificent palace was partially bu
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only useless it gave it even an air
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wisdom could say. At this moment th
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that moment he had on his hands a w
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of the Protestant Confederacy makes
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imperial center were now attacked,
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the battle to wax in fury, the near
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to flee; but when his messengers sa
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with blood and wounds. The king had
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which strike like a hand from heave
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who had grown up around him; in the
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These unworthy princes put away fro
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wore according to the fashion of th
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of Rome: this he did. The battle of
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mainly to the man who had laid down
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quicker dispatch to all his plans.
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the scene of their triumphs. They c
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promised this dignity to Wallenstei
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of the company rose and gave as a t
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the field, 80 cannon, 4,000 wagons,
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guilty of a shameful abandonment of
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victorious Swedes, pouring over the
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Augsburg (1552-5), and declared tha
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Chapter 11 The Fatherland After the
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they marched out, and ascended the
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the cry of the wolf at the yard-gat
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to pay 5,500 guldens of war indemni
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assembly, wearing green wreaths, an
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prisons; travelers who had been plu
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single inhabited dwelling. A messen
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Footnotes: 1. Gustav. Freytag, pp.
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