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, Electoral Palatinate (present-day Germany) 49°29′N 8°28′E / 49.483°N 8.467°E / 49.483; 8.467 Result Imperial–Spanish victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of England Electoral Palatinate	Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Horace Vere John Burroughs	Count of Tilly
class=notpageimage| Location within Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg Capture of Mannheim (Germany) Show map of 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.^[2]