During this battle, Field Marshal Pappenheim was fatally struck by a cannonball. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this battle, the outcome of which prevented one side from forcing Saxony out of a war. Axel Oxenstierna became chancellor of his country after the death of a monarch during this battle.
ANSWER: Battle of Lützen (“LOOT-zin”)
[10e] Gustavus Adolphus was killed during the Battle of Lützen, which took place during this war that lasted from 1618 to 1648.
ANSWER: Thirty Years’ War
[10m] Swedish infantry near Lützen held a defensive position on the road to this city, which was captured prior to the battle. An 1813 battle named after this Saxon city is also known as “The Battle of the Nations.”
ANSWER: Leipzig [or Leipsic]
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