Battle of Wittstock

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Battle of Wittstock
Part of the Thirty Years' War
Battle of Wittstock
Date 4 October 1636 Location Wittstock, Brandenburg Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Holy Roman Empire  Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Johan Banér Lennart Torstensson Alexander Leslie James King	Graf von Hatzfeldt John George I
Strength
17,000,[1] 60 guns	18,000,[1] 32 guns
Casualties and losses
3,500 dead or wounded,[2]	5,000 dead, wounded or captured [2]

The Battle of Wittstock was fought on 4 October 1636, near Wittstock in northern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. A Swedish army commanded jointly by Johan Banér and Alexander Leslie won a decisive a combined Imperial-Saxon army, led by Count Melchior von Hatzfeld and John George I, Elector of Saxony.