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How did Turenne join forces with the Swedish army in 1646?
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Henri de La Tour dâAuvergne, vicomte de Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1665; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
In 1646, Turenne successfully executed his plan to join forces with the Swedish army by crossing the Rhine River at Wesel. Upon crossing, he met with the Swedish forces commanded by Field Marshal Carl Gustav Wrangel.1
Following this junction, the two commanders worked together to evade Austro-Bavarian forces on the Main River and marched toward the Danube, where they threatened Augsburg and Munich. This strategic cooperation eventually pressured the elector Maximilian I of Bavaria into entering negotiations and abandoning his alliance with the Holy Roman emperor.1