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But Gustavus Adolphus had died at Luetzen before the Swedes came over, and Queen Christina had not the ability to carry out his ideas, even had she possessed the power. The Dutch began to dispute the rights of the Scandinavians; Rysingh took their fort Casimir in 1654, and Peter Stuyvesant with six hundred men received their submission in the same year.
The third book, which describes the career of Gustav Adolf from the great battle of Breitenfeld, in 1631, to his death at Luetzen in the following year, is an admirable specimen of vivid historical writing. It may well be doubted whether any successors of Schiller have surpassed him in the art of narrating, though they may have been able to correct him here and there in matters of fact.
Sweden acceded to it soon after; yet the emperor, whom the confederate powers thought prostrated by the last disaster, opened the campaign with new victories. The battle of Luetzen, won by conscripts, on the 2nd of May, the occupation of Dresden, the victory of Bautzen, and the war carried to the Elbe, astonished the coalition.
What a telling description, for example, is that of the desperate charge at Luetzen just after the death of the Swedish king! In his last historical work, just as in his first, the burden of Schiller's thought is evermore the idea of freedom. The Thirty Years' War is conceived by him as the successful struggle of German liberty against Hapsburg imperialism.
The emperor Hath sacrificed me to my enemies, And I must fall, unless my gallant troops Will rescue me. See! I confide in you. And be your hearts my stronghold! At this breast The aim is taken, at this hoary head. This is your Spanish gratitude, this is our Requital for that murderous fight at Luetzen!
Comrades and friends we always were long habit, Adventurous deeds performed in company, And all those many and various incidents Which stores a soldier's memory with affections, Had bound us long and early to each other Yet I can name the day, when all at once His heart rose on me, and his confidence Shot out into sudden growth. It was the morning Before the memorable fight at Luetzen.
The battle of Luetzen, in 1632, was a great defeat of Wallenstein, and a grand victory for the Swedes; but it cost them the life of their king. HENRY IV, 1589-1610, , m. Mary, daughter of Francis, Grand Duke of Tuscany | + LOUIS XIII, 1610-1643, m. | Anne, daughter of Philip III of Spain. | | | + LOUIS XIV, 1643-1715, m.
WALLENSTEIN. There exist moments in the life of man, When he is nearer the great Soul of the world Than is man's custom, and possesses freely The power of questioning his destiny: And such a moment 'twas, when in the night Before the action in the plains of Luetzen, Leaning against a tree, thoughts crowding thoughts, I looked out far upon the ominous plain.
GORDON. Oh, house of death and horrors! GORDON steps forward and meets him. What is this It is the imperial seal. To the Prince Piccolomini. The Curtain drops. A great stone near Luetzen, since called the Swede's Stone, the body of their great king having been found at the foot of it, after the battle in which he lost his life.
On 2 May, 1813, he fell on the allied Russians and Prussians at Luetzen and defeated them, but was unable to follow up his advantage for want of cavalry. On 20-21 May, he gained another fruitless victory at Bautzen. It became increasingly obvious that he was being outnumbered and outmaneuvered. At this point an armistice was arranged through the friendly mediation of Austria.
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