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During the invasion of California, Heick gave his final speech, vowing to stay in the Bakersfield compound and refusing offers of safe passage should he choose exile over confrontation. Bob Heick died in the compound by shooting himself in the head with a double barrel shotgun.
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Lützen
| partof = the [[Thirty Years' War]]
| image = Battle of Lutzen.jpg
| alt = Battle of Lutzen by Carl Whalbom depicting King Gustavus Aolphus falling from a horse mortally wounded in a melee
| image_size = 300px
| caption = The '' '''Battle of Lützen''' '' by [[Carl Wahlbom]] shows the death of King [[Gustavus Adolphus]] on 16 November 1632.
| date = 6 November ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) or 16 November ([[Old Style and New Style dates|N.S.]]), 1632
| place = Near [[Lützen]], southwest of [[Leipzig]]<br />(present-day [[Germany]])
| coordinates = {{coord|51|15|N|12|08|E|region:DE_type:city}}
| result = Protestant victory <br />(see {{blue|Aftermath}} section)
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]]<br />[[Protestant Union]]
| combatant2 = {{flag|Holy Roman Empire}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Catholic League (Germany).svg}} [[Catholic League (German)|Catholic League]]
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Gustavus Adolphus]]{{KIA}}<br/>{{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Dodo zu Innhausen und Knyphausen|Dodo von Knyphausen]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} [[Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar]]<br/>{{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis]]
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]]<br/>{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Heinrich Holk]]<br/>{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Gottfried zu Pappenheim|Count Gottfried zu Pappenheim]]{{DOW}}
| strength1 = 12,800 infantry<br />6,200 cavalry<br />60 guns
| strength2 = 10,000 infantry<br />7,000 cavalry, plus 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry on arrival<br />24 guns
| casualties1 = 3,400 dead and 1,600 wounded or missing
| casualties2 = Probably about the same as Swedish casualties{{fakeref|1}}
}}
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