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[Battle of Rossbach] A Plan of the Battle of Weissenfelsbetween the King of Prussia on one Side & the combined Armies of France & the Empire on the the other, November 5th 1757.
Drawn on the Spot by Mos. Freadm Aid de Camp to Gen.l Bourkm and Capt: Engineer in his Prussian Majesty's Service. Engrav'd by Eman.l Bowen Geog.r to his Britannick Majesty.
Published according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 29th 1757, and sold by J. Robinson and G. Kearsly at the Golden Lion in Ludgate Street: Price 1s.
Engraving with old colour. 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), large margins. Creases and folds.
A plan of the Battle of Rossbach, fought as part of the Third Silesian War (1756-63, a local theatre of the Seven Years' War). Led by Frederick the Great, the Prussian army crushed a French/Imperial army twice its size in 90 minutes, without deploying its full strength. The Prussian dead and wounded were fewer than 700 against 3,500 (including six generals), with at least 5,000 soldiers captured.
[Ref: 52006] £180.00
Published according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 29th 1757, and sold by J. Robinson and G. Kearsly at the Golden Lion in Ludgate Street: Price 1s.
Engraving with old colour. 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), large margins. Creases and folds.
A plan of the Battle of Rossbach, fought as part of the Third Silesian War (1756-63, a local theatre of the Seven Years' War). Led by Frederick the Great, the Prussian army crushed a French/Imperial army twice its size in 90 minutes, without deploying its full strength. The Prussian dead and wounded were fewer than 700 against 3,500 (including six generals), with at least 5,000 soldiers captured.
[Ref: 52006] £180.00