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Title: Kesseldorf 1745 battle in the snow
Post by: nevermore on 12 February 2013, 11:41:42 AM
Kesseldorf 1745 battle in the snow

Date:  15th December 1745.

Place:  On the Elbe River in Saxony, North of Dresden.

War:  The Second Silesian War.

Contestants:  Prussians against a Saxon Army supported by an Austrian contingent.

Generals:  Prince Leopold Max of Anhalt-Dessau, the ‘Old Dessauer’ commanding the Prussian Army against Field Marshall Frederick Rutowsky, commanding the Saxon Army and General Grϋnne, commanding the Austrians.

Size of the Armies:  Prussians:  21,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 33 guns (not including light battalion guns): Saxons and Austrians: 24,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry and 42 guns.

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Title: Re: Kesseldorf 1745 battle in the snow
Post by: DFlynSqrl on 12 February 2013, 11:40:14 PM
That's a very cool looking battle Nevermore.