2-715-105 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Tilly's flight after the Battle of Lech, 4 April 1632, (1936). 'Tillys Flucht Nach Der Schlacht Am Lech, 4 April 1632'. German Catholic commander Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559-1632) was wounded by a cannonball during the Battle of Rain, also known as the Battle of Lech, (Bavaria, Germany), and died of tetanus a few days later. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]