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HOHENFRIEDBERG – 3rd of June 1745
Battle of Hohenfriedberg, Attack of the Prussian Infantry , by Carl Röchling. Oil on canvas. HOHENFRIEDBERG, or HOHENFRIEDEBERG The battle gets its name from a village in Silesia about 6 miles from the small town of Striegau in the War of the Austrian Succession, the battle was fought on the 3rd of June 1745 between the Prussians under Frederick the…
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Leipzig: Battle of the Nations
Johann Peter Krafft (1780-1856)-‘victory declaration after the battle of Leipzig, 1813’-oil on canvas-1813 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…
Frederick Invades Austria a Second Time; Siege of Olmütz I
On March 15, 1758, the king marched from his winter quarters in Breslau. He started on the third campaign of this conflict, waiting until the frosts were gone and the cold winter winds had subsided. The headquarters was moved to Kloster-Grüssau and the army was encamped between there and Landshut.…
Frederick Invades Austria a Second Time; Siege of Olmütz II
Laudon, on May 2, 1758 rose from his post and hustled forward upon Reichenau. Behind him, Daun prepped the main army for a similar move. The marshal’s men marched to Wodierold, on May 3. With that still unsatisfactory, Daun bolted through Choitzen (May 4), and, next day, finally reached his…
Frederick Invades Austria a Second Time; Siege of Olmütz III
Of greater import, General Hülsen moved on Zschopau. Henry slowly and deliberately moved to join him, in the process leaving General Itzenplitz with eight battalions and seven squadrons, including two squadrons of the Szekely Hussars, at Zwickau. Itzenplitz was to play the spoiler to any effort in Henry’s direction that…
Battle at Züllichau I
The Battle of Kay (German: Schlacht bei Kay), also referred to as the Battle of Sulechów, Battle of Züllichau, or Battle of Paltzig, was an engagement fought on 23 July 1759 during the Seven Years’ War. It occurred near Kay (Kije) in the Neumark, now part of Poland. On July…
Battle at Züllichau II
Meanwhile, Frederick still faced Field Marshal Leopold Reichsgraf von Daun in Silesia. So the province was exposed only to the eastern side, and quickly the king decided he would again have to go beyond the Oder to face the Russian threat. They had to be kept from rendezvousing with the…