See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

DUKE OF See also:

• LUCERA

LUCERA See also:

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

COUNT OF CAMPO See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

MATTHIAS See also:

• GALLAS
• DUKE OF LUCERA COUNT OF CAMPO MATTHIAS GALLAS (1584-1647)

GALLAS (1584-1647)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian soldier; first saw service in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, and in See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy with the Spaniards, and subsequently joined the forces of the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• LEAGUE

League as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain . On the See also:

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

general outbreak of hostilities in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• GALLAS
• GALLAS, MATTHIAS, COUNT OF CAMPO, DUKE OF LUCERA (1584-1647)

Gallas, as See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel ,of an See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, distinguished himself, especially at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Stadtlohn (1623) . In 163o he was serving as General-Feldwachtmeister under Collalto in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and was mainly instrumental in the See also:

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

capture of See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua . Made See also:

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

count of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire for this service,he returned to Germany for the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus . In command of a See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein's See also:

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

army, he covered Bohemia against the Swedes in 1631–1632, and served at the Alte Veste near See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg, and at Liitzen . Further See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service against Bernhard of See also:

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

Saxe-See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar commended General Gallas to the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the See also:

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

emperor, who made him See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general in his own army . He was one of the See also:

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

chief conspirators against Wallenstein, and after the tragedy of See also:

• EGER (Czech, Cheb)
• EGER (Ger. Erlau, Med. Lat. Agria)
• EGER, AQIBA (1761–1837)

Eger was appointed to the command of the army which Wallenstein had formed and led . At the See also:

• GREAT

great battle of See also:

• NORDLINGEN

Nordlingen (23rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1634) in which the army of See also:

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

Sweden was almost annihilated, Gallas commanded the victorious Imperialists . His next command was in See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, but even the Moselle valley had suffered so much from the ravages of See also:

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

war that his army perished of want . Still more was this the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Germany, where Gallas commanded against the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish general See also:

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

Baner in 1637 and 1638, At first See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving the Swedes before him, in the end he made a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete failure of the campaign, lost his command, and was subject to much ridicule . It was, however, rather the indiscipline of his men (the baneful See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy of Wallenstein's methods) than his own faults which brought about his disastrous See also:

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

retreat across See also:

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

North Germany, and at a moment of crisis he was recalled to endeavour to stop Torstenson's victorious advance, only to be shut up in See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg, whence he escaped with the barest remnant of his forces . Once more relieved of his command, he was again recalled to make See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head against the Swedes in 1645 (after their victory at Jankow) .

Before See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, old and warworn, he resigned his command, and died in 1647 at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . His army had earned for itself the reputation of being the most cruel and rapacious force even in the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' War, and his Merode Brilder have survived in the word marauder . Like many other generals of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, he had acquired much See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and great territorial possessions (the latter mostly his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of Wallenstein's estates) . He was the founder of the Austrian See also:

• FAMILY

family of Clam-Gallas, which furnished many distinguished soldiers to the Imperial army .