Famous and decisive battles of the world; . rity in losses, is simply the moral effect of this great battle is something far moreserious than even the annihilation of Tillys army. The prestigeof that vehement leader is gone forever, and he himself meetshis death soon after at the combat on the Lech. The hithertoinvincible Imperialists are utterly routed in fair fight, in openfield and on chosen ground, by the Snow King, as they hadcontemptuously called him. All Protestant Germany rallied tothe standard of this new Christian hero, whose first act, on dis-mounting on the hard-wo
Famous and decisive battles of the world; . rity in losses, is simply the moral effect of this great battle is something far moreserious than even the annihilation of Tillys army. The prestigeof that vehement leader is gone forever, and he himself meetshis death soon after at the combat on the Lech. The hithertoinvincible Imperialists are utterly routed in fair fight, in openfield and on chosen ground, by the Snow King, as they hadcontemptuously called him. All Protestant Germany rallied tothe standard of this new Christian hero, whose first act, on dis-mounting on the hard-won field of Breitenfeld, was to kneelamid the dead and dying, and render thanks to God for aid andguidance. To him was now committed the cause of Protestantism,and with it that of the allies, who for political reasons had joinedagainst Austria and Spain. France was Catholic in religion,and was now disposed to look with jealous distrust upon the un-limited power of a Protestant king. This led to further compli-cations m the Thirty \ ears War.
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