Four regiments of Spanish horse attacked the Rhinegrave's
quarters, but were charged so furiously by four troops of Swedish
dragoons under Captain Hume that 300 of them were killed and the
Elector of Nassau taken prisoner; after this the Spaniards retired
beyond the Moselle.
In other parts of Germany the generals of Gustavus were equally
successful. General Horn defeated the Imperialists at Heidelberg
and Heilbronn. General Lowenhausen scoured all the shores of
the Baltic, and compelled Colonel Graham, a Scotch soldier in the
Imperial service, to surrender the Hanse town of Wismar. Graham
marched out with his garrison, 3000 strong, with the honours of
war en route for Silesia, but having, contrary to terms, spiked
the cannon, plundered the shipping, and slain a Swedish lieutenant,
Lowenhausen pursued him, and in the battle which ensued 500 of
Graham's men were slain and the colonel himself with 2000 taken
prisoner.
General Ottentodt was moving up the Elbe carrying all before him with
a force of 14,000 men, among whom were five battalions of Scots and
one of English. This force cleared the whole duchy of Mecklenburg,
capturing all the towns and fortresses in rapid succession. Sir
Patrick Ruthven advanced along the shores of Lake Constance, driving
the Imperialists before him into the Tyrol. Magdeburg was captured
by General Banner, the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel reduced all
Fulda-Paderborn and the adjacent districts, the Elector of Saxony
overran Bohemia, and Sir Alexander Leslie threatened the Imperialists
in Lower Saxony.
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