Question
Magdeburg was sacked so badly during this war that most of it was not rebuilt until the 1700s. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this war, during which Magdeburg was sacked by the forces of the mercenary Count of Tilly, who commanded troops of the Catholic League along with Albrecht von Wallenstein.
ANSWER: Thirty Years’ War
[10h] Along with Walloons, mercenaries of this ethnicity earned the most notoriety during the sack of Magdeburg. The uskoks were irregular soldiers of this ethnicity who had served the Habsburg Monarchy prior to the war.
ANSWER: Croats [or Croatians or Hrvati]
[10m] The diary of mercenary Peter Hagendorf details his participation in the sack of Magdeburg, as well as this 1634 battle where the Catholic forces of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand and Ferdinand of Hungary defeated the Protestants under Gustav Horn.
ANSWER: Battle of Nördlingen [accept First Battle of Nördlingen]
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