Definitions

1. Gustavus, the small community located at the mouth of Glacier Bay, is about 50 air miles from Juneau.
2. Gustavus was too eager for peace to grudge Sigismund III the title of King of Sweden, so long as he did not call himself Hereditary King. (Web site)
3. Gustavus was resolved to rid himself of this interference, and marched with the bulk of his force on the Polish army, leaving part of them before Danzig. (Web site)
4. Gustavus was now seemingly the threat to be dealt with. (Web site)
5. Gustavus was forced to seek closer ties with Russia which meant that Poland was faced with potential enemies on both sides of her borders.

Terms

1. With all that opined, though, 1 thing is certain: Polish husaria were too strong for Gustavus on their terms. (Web site)

Ground

1. In late 1625, Gustavus could be fairly sure of his ground. (Web site)

Concept

1. But now Gustavus applied the concept with the technology of his day. (Web site)

Action

1. Gustavus, not being too enamored of these new firearms, had not abandoned the concept that cavalry's prime asset was still action. (Web site)

Initiative

1. Gustavus would now resolve to take the initiative against enemy ground forces, concentrated to his south. (Web site)
2. In this, as in every other Gustavus matter, Gustavus Adolphus himself took the initiative. (Web site)

Times

1. It was also the first standing army since the Roman Empire, for Gustavus kept 20,000 men under arms at all times.

Good

1. Gustavus had also trained his men to aim for the cavalry mounts, and the falling horseflesh did nothing good for the Catholic formations. (Web site)

Advance

1. The smoke from the village provided a useful screen for Gustavus to advance his guns. (Web site)

Gustav

1. Afterwards Gustav II Adolf became famous and known soon thereafter as Gustavus the Great.

Malbork

1. However, the defile around Sztum was held, and Gustavus and the rest of his army safely reached Malbork. (Web site)

Pappenheim

1. Gustavus and Pappenheim were slain, and Wallenstein's army, yielding to Bernhard's last attack, retreated. (Web site)

Ducal Prussia Quite

1. But Gustavus came out of Ducal Prussia quite favorably. (Web site)

Rival Gustavus Swift

1. In order to get his products to market Armour followed the lead of rival Gustavus Swift when he established the Armour Refrigerator Line in 1883.

Meat Products

1. In order to get his meat products to market Armour followed the lead of rival Gustavus Swift when he established the Armour Refrigerator Line in 1883. (Web site)

Gustavus Iv

1. He was succeeded by his son, Gustavus IV. A gifted and learned monarch, Gustavus was the author of dramas and poems. (Web site)

Philip Armour

1. Other trusts, which also generally made better products at cheaper prices, emerged, such as the meat industry of Gustavus F. Swift and Philip Armour. (Web site)

Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus

1. A few days prior to the beginning of the siege, the city of Stralsund concluded a treaty with Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus.
2. However, the war was not over and soon the new Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus attacked the Inflants again. (Web site)

Gustavus Adolphus College

1. Gustavus Adolphus College defeated Augsburg College, 6-5, to advance to the MIAC championship game after 78:38 of overtime. (Web site)

King Gustavus Adolphus

1. King Gustavus Adolphus, who was abroad on the date of her maiden voyage, was impatient to see Vasa join the Baltic fleet in the Thirty Years' War. (Web site)

Gustavus Adolphus

1. The Battle of Breitenfeld served as major endorsement of the linear tactics of Gustavus Adolphus. (Web site)
2. In the Ring of Fire series of novels by Eric Flint, Gustavus Adolphus is a major character, having not died in the Battle of Lützen.
3. Vasa (or Wasa)[1] is a warship that was built for Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden from 1626 to 1628.

Success

1. Gustavus Adolphus was the main figure responsible for the success of Sweden during the Thirty Years' War and led his nation to great prestige.

Month

1. From a political standpoint, the death of Gustavus amid the fog at Lutzen, 1 month before his 38th birthday, was a disaster. (Web site)

Purpose

1. Gustavus Adolphus already had entertained the idea of founding a colony in America, chiefly for the purpose of carrying on mission-work among the Indians. (Web site)

Polish

1. He asked Sweden for help as he feared a Polish invasion but Gustavus refused as he believed that it might provoke a Polish reaction against Sweden.

Spring

1. As early as the spring of 1631 he negotiated through Bohemian refugees with Gustavus Adolphus; which side began the negotiations is a disputed point. (Web site)

Summer

1. This enabled Gustavus to feel confident to resume the offensive into Polish Prussia in the summer of 1628. (Web site)

Father

1. It can be claimed that Gustavus was the father of modern infantry mobility. (Web site)

Empire

1. He was to later recall him after the Swedes, led by Gustavus Adolphus, attacked the Empire and prevailed in a number of significant battles. (Web site)

Theories

1. The Polish War served well for Gustavus to realize his theories of military reform, and thus forge a better army. (Web site)
2. The Polish War gave Gustavus the training ground to work out the weaknesses of his theories and demonstrate to his men that they could work. (Web site)

Soldiers

1. In May 1626 the Swedes were reinforced by Gustavus Adolphus, who landed in Pillau (Piława) with over 8,000 soldiers.

Fight

1. Gustavus, having 7350 infantry and 3000 cavalry (Radziwill thought that Gustavus had 15 000 soldiers), didn't decide to fight in the open field. (Web site)

Retreat

1. In November came the great Battle of Lützen, in which Wallenstein was forced to retreat but in the confused melee, Gustavus Adolphus was killed. (Web site)

Poles

1. It was clear that Gustavus would resolve to take up the struggle with the Poles in Livonia if necessary. (Web site)

Capture

1. In a bloody cavalry clash, Gustavus was beaten back, narrowly escaping death or capture (his hat was lost and became a Catholic prize). (Web site)

Spartan

1. Spartan: Gustavus occupied Livonia and Courland by the end of 1622. (Web site)

Campaigns

1. The campaigns fought by Gustavus in Livonia and Polish Prussia between 1617 and 1629 receive comparitively little attention. (Web site)

Campaign

1. If they had, perhaps the campaign for Gustavus might have ended here for good. (Web site)
2. But the plan did not succeed, and Gustavus personally conducted the campaign in the summer of 1622. (Web site)

Force

1. Gustavus had an assembled force around Tczew of about 7,600, including nearly 1,300 cavalry. (Web site)

Edict

1. If the Edict of Lubeck left Gustavus alone, it also enabled him with his hands free. (Web site)

Troops

1. In the Thirty Years' War, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden spent two nights at the mayor's house in 1631 while his troops were crossing the Rhine.

Reinforcements

1. Oxenstierna was placed in overall command in October, as Gustavus returned to Sweden to organize reinforcements. (Web site)
2. King Gustavus Adolphus landed there with his reinforcements in May 1626.

Men

1. Gustavus had made extensive preparations for the ensuing campaign and took the field with 32,000 men. (Web site)
2. After thorough preparations, Gustavus sailed for the mouth of the Dvina (Duna) in July, 1621 with about 18,000 men aboard 148 ships. (Web site)
3. Shortly thereafter, near the Nogat River, Gustavus pounced on the Poles, defeating them with a loss of 4,000 men. (Web site)

Christina

1. It was this machinery that made it possible for government to function during the long absences of Gustavus and during the minority of Christina. (Web site)

Riksdag

1. In 1527, Gustavus convinced the Riksdag at Vasteras to establish a national Protestant Church.

Brandenburg

1. Brandenburg and Saxony refused his troops passage so Gustavus remained in Pomerania while Magdeburg was sacked. (Web site)

Time

1. This army would have been well used in the north during the same time when the Swedes' under Gustavus Adolphus were moving into Livonia and Polish Prussia. (Web site)
2. Much like Philip II of Macedon and Chinggis Khan in their day, Gustavus was a great forger of an army for his time. (Web site)

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