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  • Capture of Oppenheim
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  • The Capture of Oppenheim or the Spanish capture of Oppenheim took place on 14 September 1620, at Oppenheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, between the Spanish army commanded by Don Ambrosio Spinola, Marquis of the Balbases, against the forces of the Electoral Palatinate led by Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, during the Palatinate campaign, in the context of the Thirty Years' War. The Spanish troops under Spinola, with a great maneuver of distraction over Worms, deceived the Protestant army of Joachim Ernst, and captured the important town of Oppenheim without too much difficulty, causing a severe blow to the Protestant forces.
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Strength
  • 1000
  • 22000
  • 24000
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Partof
  • the Thirty Years' War
Date
  • 1620-09-14
Commander
  • Ambrosio Spinola
  • Joachim Ernst
Caption
  • The Capture of Oppenheim by Wenzel Hollar.
Casualties
  • 800
  • Minor
  • Few dead or wounded
Result
  • Decisive Spanish victory
combatant
  • Spain
  • Electoral Palatinate
Place
  • Oppenheim, Electorate of the Palatinate
Conflict
  • Capture of Oppenheim
abstract
  • The Capture of Oppenheim or the Spanish capture of Oppenheim took place on 14 September 1620, at Oppenheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, between the Spanish army commanded by Don Ambrosio Spinola, Marquis of the Balbases, against the forces of the Electoral Palatinate led by Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, during the Palatinate campaign, in the context of the Thirty Years' War. The Spanish troops under Spinola, with a great maneuver of distraction over Worms, deceived the Protestant army of Joachim Ernst, and captured the important town of Oppenheim without too much difficulty, causing a severe blow to the Protestant forces.