THE WORKS

OF

FREDERICK SCHILLER



Translated from the German



Illustrated


HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR IN GERMANY.





BOOK III.



The glorious battle of Leipzig effected a great change in the conduct
of Gustavus Adolphus, as well as in the opinion which both friends and
foes entertained of him. Successfully had he confronted the greatest
general of the age, and had matched the strength of his tactics and the
courage of his Swedes against the elite of the imperial army, the most