Capture of Mannheim

Capture of Mannheim
	Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
	; 1627 engraving of the siege
Date	20 October – 2 November 1622
Location	Mannheim, Electorate of Palatinate; (present-day Germany)49°29′N 8°28′E
Result	Imperial-Spanish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of England; Electorate of Palatinate	Holy Roman Empire; Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Horace Vere; John Burroughs	Count of Tilly
	Location within Baden-Württemberg Capture of Mannheim (Germany)

The Capture of Mannheim was achieved on 2 November 1622 by the Imperial-Spanish army commanded by Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly against the Protestant troops under the Englishman Sir Horace Vere during the Thirty Years' War.

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