See also:

• BANER (BANNER, BANTER), JOHAN (1596-1641)

BANER (BANNER, BANTER), JOHAN (1596-1641)  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish soldier in the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Djursholm See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1596 . Entering the Swedish See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, he served with distinction in the See also:

• WARS

wars with See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and had reached high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank when, in 163o, Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus landed in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . As one of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief subordinates, Bailer served in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north Germany, and at the first See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• BREITENFELD

Breitenfeld he led the right wing of Swedish See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the taking of See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg and of See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, and rendered conspicuous service at the See also:

• LECH (Licus)

Lech and at See also:

• DONAUWORTH

Donauworth . At the unsuccessful See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault on See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein's See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp at the Alte Veste Bailer received a See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound, and, soon afterwards, when Gustavus marched towards See also:

• LUTZEN

Lutzen, his See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general was See also:

• LEFT

left in command in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, where he was opposed to the imperial general See also:

• ALDRINGER (ALTRINGER, ALDRINGEN), JOHANN

Aldringer . Two years later, as Swedish See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, Bailer, with 16,000 men, entered Bohemia, and, combined with the Saxon army, marched on See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague . But the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete defeat of Bernhard of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar in the first battle of See also:

• NORDLINGEN

Nordlingen stopped his victorious advance . After this event the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Prague placed the Swedish army in a very See also:

• PRECARIOUS

precarious position, but the victories won by the See also:

• UNITED

united forces of Bailer, See also:

• WRANGEL, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ERNST, COUNT VON (1784–1877)
• WRANGEL, KARL GUSTAV VON (1613-1676)

Wrangel and See also:

• TORSTENSSON, LENNART, COUNT (1603–1651)

Torstensson, at Kyritz and Wittstock (4th Oct . 1636), restored the See also:

• PARAMOUNT (Anglo-Fr. paramont, up above, par el mont, up or on top of the mountain)

paramount See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden in central Germany . Even the three combined armies, however, were decidedly inferior in force to those they defeated, and in 1637 Balser was completely unable to make headway against the enemy . Rescuing with See also:

• GREAT

great difficulty the beleaguered See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of See also:

• TORGAU

Torgau, he retreated beyond the See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder into See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania . In 1639, however, he again overran See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Germany, defeated the See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons at Chemnitzand invaded Bohemia itself .

The See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 164o-1641 Bailer spent in the west . His last achievement was an audacious coup-de-See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main on the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube . Breaking camp in See also:

• MID

mid-winter (a very rare event in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) he united with the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French under the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de Guebriant and surprised See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg, where the See also:

• DIET

diet was sitting . Only the break-up of the See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice pre-vented the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . See also:

• BANER (BANNER, BANTER), JOHAN (1596-1641)

Baner thereupon had to See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat to See also:

• HALBERSTADT

Halberstadt . Here, on the loth of May 1641, he died, after designating Torstensson as his successor . He was much beloved by his men, who See also:

• BORE

bore his See also:

• BODY

body with them on the field of See also:

• WOLFENBUTTEL

Wolfenbuttel . Bailer was regarded as the best of Gustavus's generals, and tempting offers (which he refused) were made him by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor to induce him to enter his service . His son received the dignity of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count . See Baners Bref till Axel See also:

• OXENSTJERNA

Oxenstjerna (See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, 1893) ; B . P. von See also:

• CHEMNITZ
• CHEMNITZ (or KEMNITZ), MARTIN (1522-1586)

Chemnitz, Koniglichen Schwedscher in Deutschland gefuhrten Kriegs; See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin Veibull, Sveriges Storhedsted (Stockholm, 1881); Lundblad, Johan See also:

• BATTER

Batter (Stockholm, 1823) ; Ardwisson, Trittioariga Krigets rnaerkvaerdigaste personer (Stockholm, 1861) .