The Swedish king has sometimes been blamed for
failing to succour Magdeburg.
p. 101, l. 23. Redoubts are the most strongly fortified points in the
temporary fortification of a large space.
p. 107, l. 13. The Cavalier glosses over the fact that Gustavus
Adolphus really retreated from his camp at Nuremberg, being
practically starved out, as Wallenstein refused to come to an
engagement.
p. 110, l. 38. Though the honours of war in the battle of Luetzen went
to the Swedes it is probable that they lost more men than did the
Imperialists.
p. 113, l. 37. The battle of Noerdlingen was one of the decisive
battles of the war. It restored to the Catholics the bishoprics of the
South which Gustavus Adolphus had taken.
p. 114, l. 39. The title "Infant" or "Infante" belongs to all princes
of the royal house in Spain. The Cardinal Infant really brought 15000
men to the help of the Emperor.
p. 116, l. 37. The King of Hungary had succeeded to the command of the
imperial army after the murder of Wallenstein in 1634.
p. 119, l. 34. The treaty of Westphalia in 1648 ended the Thirty
Years' War by a compromise. The Emperor recognised that he could have
no real authority in matters of religion over the states governed
by Protestant princes, North Germany remained Protestant, the South,
Catholic.
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