oners. His losses on the field have been estimated at
7000 killed and wounded and almost as many prisoners; the Swedes lost
about 2000 and the Saxons over 4000 men.

The village of Breitenfeld also gives its name to another great battle
in the Thirty Years' War (November 2, 1642), in which the Swedes under
Torstensson defeated the Imperialists under the archduke Leopold and
Prince Piccolomini, who were seeking to relieve Leipzig. The Swedish
cavalry decided the day on this occasion also.

BREMEN, a free state in the German empire, bearing the title _Freie
Hansestadt Bremen_. It falls into three distinct parts: (1) the largest
portion, with the city of Bremen, lying on both banks, but chiefly on
the right, of the lower course of the Weser, surrounded by the Prussian
province of Hanover and the grand-duchy of Oldenburg, and consisting in
the main of lowland country intersected by canals and dykes; (2) the
town and district of Vegesack, lying separate from, but immediately
north of the main portion, on the right bank of the river; (3) the port
of Bremerhaven, 46 m. down the Weser, at its mouth. Of the whole
territory, which has an area of 99 sq. m., about one-half is meadow and
grazing land, one-quarter under tillage, and the remainder occupied by a
little woodland, some unprofitable sandy wastes, the bed of the Weser
and the towns. Market gardening, the rearing of cattle, for which the
district is widely famed, and fishing, form the chief occupations of the
rural population. The climate is mild, but the rainfall (26.9 in.
annually on the average) is relatively considerable. The population is
shown as follows:--

+-----------------+-----------+----------+
| | 1900 | 1905 |
+-----------------+-----------+----------+
| Bremen, city | 186,822 | 214,953 |
| Vegesack | 3,943 | 4,130 |
| Bremerhaven | 20,315 | 24,159 |
| Rural districts | 37,327 | 20,431 |
+-----------------+-----------+----------+
| Total | 248,407 | 263,673 |
+-----------------+-----------+----------+

Of the inhabitants, who belong to the Lower Saxon (_Nieder-Sachsen_)
race and in daily intercourse mostly speak the Low German
(_Plattdeutsch_) dialect, about two-thirds are natives of the state and
one-third immigrants from other parts of Germany, chiefly from Hanover
and Oldenburg. About 93% are Protestants, 6% Roman Catholics, and only
1/2% Jews. The form