Warhaffte und eigentliche Beschreibung, welcher gestalt...Herr Wilhelm, Hertzog zu Sachsen...Braunschw....Goettingen...Duderstadt...eingenommen hat

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When the Royal Majesty of Sweden, etc., Gustaf Adolph Gustavus Adolphus, Grand Duke in Finland, etc., took and accepted the most Serene and Highborn Prince and Lord, Lord Wilhelm, Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Cleves, and Berg, etc., into his service as a General: His Princely Grace was also commissioned and charged with recruiting several regiments of cavalry and infantry. His Princely Grace not only put this into effect, but also, upon receiving the Royal Ordinance in the name of the Holy Trinity, January. broke camp from Erfurt on the 10th of January with the troops of horse and foot he had with him, along with several pieces of artillery and considerable Pagagi baggage and supply trains. On that same day, he moved to Sangerhausen, remained there on the following 11th, and on the 12th moved from there to Mansfeld, on the 13th to Ermsleben, and on the 14th to Quedlinburg. He rested there on the 15th, then on the 16th moved further to Wernigerode, on the 17th to Osterwieck, and remained there on the 18th, where the Royal Swedish General, Lord Johann Baner, joined His Princely Grace with a significant number of horse and foot. Thereupon, on the 19th, a Randes-vous rendezvous or military muster was held on the Steinfeld, and then the march turned toward Kniestedt, where they remained in camp until the 23rd. During this time, approximately two hundred and fifty cavalry were commanded by His Princely Grace under Major Batendorff. On the 21st, half a mile from Hameln, they encountered the Imperial League Colonel Löbel's infantry regiment, six banners meaning six companies strong. They immediately charged them, and defeated them, taking about three hundred of them