Battle of Rheinfelden

Battle of Rheinfelden
Part of Thirty Years' War
Date 1st Battle: 28 February 1638 2nd Battle: 3 March 1638 Location 1st Battle: North of river Rhine, NE of Rheinfelden, near Basel (present-day Germany) 2nd Battle: S of Rhine, E of Rheinfelden (present day Switzerland) Result French-Weimaran victory
Belligerents
France Weimar Army	Holy Roman Empire  Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar	Federico Savelli  (POW) Johann von Werth  (POW) [1]
Strength
5,000[2]-6,000 men 14 guns	4,000[2]–7,000 men
Casualties and losses
400[2]	3,000[2]-3,500 500 killed 3,000 captured

The Battle of Rheinfelden (28 February and 3 March 1638) was a military event in the course of the Thirty Years' War, consisting in fact of two battles to the north and south of the present-day town of Rheinfelden. On one side was a French-allied mercenary army led by Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar while the other side consisted of a joint Bavarian and Holy Roman Empire army and led by Johann von Werth and Federico Savelli. Bernhard was beaten in the first battle but managed to defeat and capture Werth and Savelli in the second.