Rossbach and Leuthen 1757

Resumen del libro

By the autumn of 1757 Frederick the Great was beset by enemies on all sides. The French had invaded the territory of his Anglo-Hanoverian allies, a Franco-Imperial army was threatening Saxony, an Austrian army 110,000-strong had marched into Silesia and even the ponderous Russians had moved against him. Then within a month Frederick transformed his fortunes. At Rossbach on 5 November he smashed the Franco-Imperial army in barely 11/2 hours. Force-marching to Silesia he won perhaps his greatest victory exactly a month later, crushing the Austrian Army at Leuthen. The Emperor Napoleon considered Frederick's lightning campaign a masterpiece of manoeuvre and resolution'.

Contents

Origins of the Campaign

Chronology

Opposing Commanders

Opposing Armies

The Rossbach Campaign

The Battle of Leuthen

Aftermath

The Battlefields Today

Bibliography

Index