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LEIPZIG (BATTLE OF THEĀ NATIONS)

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16ā€“18 October 1813 Johann Peter Krafft (1780-1856)-ā€˜victory declaration after the battle of Leipzig, 1813ā€™-oil on canvas-1813Ā Ā  Berlin-Deutsches Historiches Museum. The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought between Napoleon and the three Allied armies that had been approaching the city for several days: the Army of Bohemia (Feldmarschall Karl Philipp FĆ¼rst zu Schwarzenberg), the…

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The Battle of LobositzĀ I

Austrian- Hungarian Soldiers Field Marshall Maximilian von Browne, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian army at the Battle of Lobositz 1st October 1756 in the Seven Years War A thick mist lay over the plain of Lobositz from the dawn on October 1, hiding the daylight, as well as the enemy,…

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The Battle of LobositzĀ II

By then, it was nearing 1200 hours, and the fog was receding. So, even as his second charge was ending, the king could finally see much of the flat land below and more clearly what the situation was. For the first time, he could see Browneā€™s entire army, which was…

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Battle of Grocka

Had the Turkish wars ended conveniently with the Habsburgsā€™ apogee at the Peace of Passarowitz in 1718, then the conventional assumptions about Ottoman decay and decline would have been triumphantly vindicated. But they did not end then. There were two more wars which destroyed the euphoric confidence generated by the…

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THE GREAT EMPRESSĀ I

Empress Maria Theresa as Queen of Hungary, wearing the crown of St. Stephen, with sword in hand. Empress Maria Theresa On Horseback Inspecting Austrian Troops. Austrian Infantry : Grenadiers of 2 Austrian regiments and the Hungarian regiment of Ujvary: Battle of Mollwitz fought on 10th April 1745 in the First…

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THE GREAT EMPRESSĀ II

The initial Austrian manoeuvre took the Prussians by surprise. But Neipperg, rather than precipitate an attack with troops wearied from their march, chose to take up a defensive position around Mollwitz. Neipperg was not expecting an attack when late on the morning of 10 April he was informed that the…

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Leipzig: Battle of theĀ Nations

Johann Peter Krafft (1780-1856)-ā€˜victory declaration after the battle of Leipzig, 1813ā€™-oil on canvas-1813Ā Ā  Berlin-Deutsches Historiches Museum. The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought between Napoleon and the three Allied armies that had been approaching the city for several days: the Army of Bohemia…

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