The Thirty Years' War - James Aitken Wylie

The army of Tilly was drawn up in a single farextending
line on a rising ground on the plain of
Breitenfeld, within a mile of Leipsic. The cannon
were planted on the heights which rose behind the
army, so as to sweep the plain, but making it
impossible for the imperial troops to advance
without coming within the range of their own fire.
The infantry was placed in the center, where Tilly
himself commanded; the cavalry formed the wings,
with Furstenberg on the right, and Pappenheim on
the left. The Swedish army was arranged into
center and. wings, each two columns in depth.
Teuffel commanded in the center, Horn led the left
wing, and the king himself the right, fronting
Pappenheim. The Saxon troops, under the Elector,
were stationed a little in the rear, on the left, at
some distance from the Swedish main body, the
king deeming it prudent to separate Saxon from
Swedish valor; and the event justified his
forethought. The battle was joined at noon. It
began with a cannonading, which lasted two hours.
At two o'clock Pappenheim began the attack by
throwing his cavalry upon the right wing of the
Swedes, which was commanded by the king. The
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