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Through the allotment system, soldiers in this army were conscripted from districts called rotes, which were also responsible for supplying the conscripted soldiers. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this army that the Scotsmen John Hepburn and Robert Munro served as part of the Green Brigade. After serving in the Eighty Years War, Jacob De la Gardie introduced new tactics while serving in this army.
ANSWER: Swedish Army
[10m] Hepburn’s Scottish troops were critical in holding the center during this Swedish victory near modern day Leipzig. At this battle, which took place a year before Lützen, the general Tilly quickly routed the Saxons but lost most of his army to a counter-attack.
ANSWER: First Battle of Breitenfeld
[10e] Breitenfeld was a victory for this Swedish king, who introduced the allotment system and entered Sweden into the Thirty Years’ War before his death at Lützen.
ANSWER: Gustavus Adolphus [or Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II; prompt on Gustav]
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WarwickBristol0101020
Cambridge AImperial A0101020
Oxford BEdinburgh0101020
Durham AOxford C001010