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of August 12 1759 Russian general pioter sultikov and Austrian field Marshal
Ernst Von ludon discussed what had to be done they knew the Prussian Army was close
to their position they also knew they significantly outnumbered their enemy
but they did not know to their North Russian King Frederick the great and his entire Army
had spent the night trekking through the wetlands and woods as Dawn arrived the
Army finished deploying along their Plank and prepared to launch a devastating attack
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spent the winter months of 1758-59 in Breslow he augmented his battle army with fresh recruits with
considerable success and he managed to field over 160 000 Soldiers by the beginning of Spring next
year a number comparable to the previous years quality of these soldiers was another matter
many of the weathered veterans were exhausted injured or dead no expense was spared to improve
the artillery to compensate for the lacking infantry by the start of the campaign the
Prussian army fielded nearly triple the heavy guns it had at the outbreak of War
Frederick was described as having aged a very good deal recently his clothes were unkempt he
suffered a severe influenza type fever and took pride in wearing his patchy clothe he
sought comfort in literature philosophy poetry and history composing a study on Charles XII
Frederick's brother-in-law Ferdinand of Brunswick dealt with the French on the
Western Front after they launched an ambitious aggressive and energetic campaign to recapture
Hanover Ferdinand beat them at the Battle of Minden this Victory made Frederick consider
the Western Front nothing more than a far away theater of war he concentrated his army around
his Kingdom's Heartland and rightfully so he set up his Headquarters Atlanta suit
in the 57 and 58 campaigns Frederick beat the Russians austrians Imperials and swedes one by
one a potential convergence of their forces from four different directions would be disastrous
nearby leichty a 35 000 strong Austrian Imperial Army under Prince stood ready to invade Saxony in
Bohemia to his South wheeled Marshall Dawn and the enormous main Austrian Army at least one hundred
thousand strong wanted to invade Silesia the swedes held themselves up in stralasund intending
to attack against Brandenburg from the north to the east the Russian Cossack Vanguard contingent
marauding the countryside was only a taste of what was to come Frederick decided to strike
first whereas Ferdinand started the campaign in the west Prince Henry did so on the Saxon front
in early April his 30 000 strong Army launched an energetic incursion against Bohemia raiding
supplied the pose before turning West into Franconia here Henry levied recruits collected
supplies and heavily impacted the Imperial Army's mobilization no major battle took place but the
enemy's Logistics suffered the main Prussian Army some 50 000 soldiers moved to Breslau to respond
to any incursions around toppao in Silesia General Heinrich de la mote bouquet and 13 000 soldiers
raided Austrian Supply the pose but the austrians remained dormant in fact it wasn't the austrians
but the Russians who ignited the campaign of 59 in the East the Russians had a new Commander Prince
saltico he was one of the tsarina's favorites during spring the 61 year old Commander collected
his army around Posen on June 25th is 70 000 strong Army departed marching Downstream the Elder
all that remained between him and Berlin was known as 23 000 strong force just like at zorndorf the
year before depressions were heavily outnumbered news reached Frederick of saltikov's March his
supposed inexperience and the poor condition of the Russian army he also learned Dona wasn't
doing anything to stop them he berated him for moving like a tortoise he removed him from command
replacing him with General Carl Heinrich vonvedel he set out with an army numbering no more than 28
000 to intercept the Russians but simultaneously Dawn began moving sluggish as always creeping
towards his Southern flank things were not looking good although Dawn fortified
his camps and even Austrian records scolded him for how slow he advanced
saltikov did not have a reputation as a brave or enterprising Commander because of that what
happened next surprised everyone in the Prussian Camp he outmaneuvered vadel whose blind aggression
certainly did not help the armies met nearby Kai and celticov swiftly defeated vadal inflicting
over 8 000 casualties a few days later celticov occupied Frankfurt on their odor this meant
Berlin was only 80 kilometers away and under direct threat per Frederick this moment was
do or die in the phrase's most literal sense he tasked Henry with the impossible hold back
Dawn's enormous army with no more than 40 000 Soldiers the multiplication held the silesian
border with twenty thousand troops Frederick took the remainder of his army to link up
with badal's survivors and confirmed saltico the austrians Learned of saltico's advance
Dawn cautious as ever was in an ideal position he had enough troops to March against Henry or Phuket
and sent forces to augment saltikov's Army he sent Ludo and hadik with a 40 000 strong Detachment
to the Russians Ludo reached celticov on August 2nd the loss of saltikov suffered against vadal
were well compensated hadiq's baggage train was ambushed prompting him to turn around a
week later saltikov took the strong defensive Heights nearby the small village of kundersdor
Frederick took a route similar to the one preceding the battle of zorndor the year before
on August 6 he linked up with badle's battered army they embarked on their march to confront
the enemy saltykov's Army camped at gunnersdorp for several days he commanded between 65 and 79
000 troops 4 600 Cossacks infantry Cavalry and 250 pieces of heavy artillery their deployment
stretched in two lines from the middle back to coonersdorf South ludon's Force some 19 000 troops
closed the left blank pinskolitzin commanded five large regiments and artillery on the Mulberry the
Russian Artillery was positioned on the Mulberry spitzberg and in concealed its heavily outnumbered
Frederick felt the pressure to take the initiative his Scouts informed him saltikov was
deployed along A long ridge running Southwest from coonersdorf the Prussian Army numbered around 48
000 troops 53 battalions of infantry 59 Cavalry squadrons and 140 pieces of heavy artillery on the
evening of August 10 the Prussian Army knew from Frankfurt a pontoon Bridge secured the crossing of
the river the Prussian Army approached from the north infantry in the front Cavalry to the rear
they had to cross wetlands and ponds to get to the Russians but to avoid this rhetoric land emerged
to the east then turning South before turning West the weather was sweltering a strong core
under General Fink remained to the Northwest a diversion to keep the Russians occupied as
Frederick launched the actual attack from the East at dawn Frederick emerged from the woods and
finally saw the battlefield and Russian deployment he realized he made two enormous calculation
errors first if he were to attack from their East the Russians would be in a solid position to repel
his army what he initially thought was the Russian rare was the Russian front secondly elevations
marshes and pawns defended this front line so Frederick changed his plans his new objective
was to seize the Mula bear and concentrate the main attack from there the redeployment was messy
and frustratingly slow heavily impacted by miscommunication and the poor Terrain
by 11 am the Prussian artillery positioned itself on small elevations around the moon map
their goal was to repel the Russians five large regiments from the hill weaken the right
flag and then launch an attack they opened fire and a prolonged artillery Jewel ensued
the artillery Jewel lasted for an hour the prussians had the upper hand then two lines of
four battalions each Advanced forward against the Mulberry the five Russian regiments there suffered
significant casualties saltikov understood the main attack was imminent he redeployed
his army using a small Valley beyond the Milbank this so-called cocoon allowed him to concentrate
his army with the right flank snugly protected by coonersdorf and the left by the wetlands and Hills
Frederick's misjudgment of the battle terrain and the Russian Nations allowed sochikov to adequately
counter maneuver the prussians seized the moon bear suffering around 200 casualties they pushed
back no less than 12 000 soldiers stationed there seizing 86 guns things were looking good
renovic's generals urged him to take this as a victory and Retreat his
army was exhausted the heat was scorching but the king pushed on
Frederick ordered his right wing to continue the March against coonersdorp and ordered Fink's
troops to charge and Engage The Enemy by the time the artillery took its positions on the Mulberry
saltico's Army finished redeployment along the incredibly narrow Valley and pasture the coup
those who fled the moon bear now reinforced the main line to try and give himself more
space Frederick ordered his Center and his left to advance through coonersdorp
all the while exposed to a heavier artillery fire Frederick's generals
warned him to stop the attack but he did not listen depression left blank advancing
towards coonersburg ran into several units participating in the North Main
attack The Barrage of fire and artillery made it nearly impossible to enter the kukuru
both sides were putting up the most bitter fight on the cougar hunt and this part of the field was
covered with bodies Our infantry had been marching through sand on a very hot day they were tormented
by thirst and could scarcely drag themselves Along on our side it was always the same battalions
which went into action whereas the enemy kept bringing up fresh truths confusion set in as more
Prussian soldiers entered the cluttered Valley thanks battalions in the north hold with courage
but the Russian Artillery numerical superiority kept them at Bay Russian Artillery was ideally
positioned to launch barrages against oppressions cluttered in the valley the space was too crowded
for any serious Cavalry engagement sure there were some scattered uncoordinated every engagements to
the south of the village but due to the marshes in the ponds the Cavalry was unable to maneuver
properly Frederick ordered sight leads as dragoons and Ozarks to launch a charge to the west of
the Cocoon the combined Russo Austrian Dragoon counter-attack sent them running their Retreat
allowed the enemy to circle behind the Prussian front lines any exhausted infantry Sheltering
against the Russian Artillery now suffered a cavity charge from the West a counter-attacked
by sidelets pushed them away with artillery fire preventative from following up his victory
subsequent Cavalry commanders including sight leads were wounded as the day progressed General
putka one of Frederick's favorites was slain a final cavalry charge against the grosser
spitzberg led to the Prussian Cavalry being subject to an enormous artillery and musket
barrage Ludo commanding the Cossacks and Austrian Cavalry followed this up with a fierce charge
the Russian Cavalry deteriorated and squadron's Scattered the Infantry was in a miserable State
the close quarter combat and the constant barrages of fire caused mounting casualties saltikov kept
feeding his battered Army reinforcements finally when they saw their Cavalry flea pursued by the
Austrian Cavalry it was enough to break even the most disciplined soldier in advance of
the Russian infantry on the right flank and the Cossack regiments mowing down playing infantry
cemented the defeat Frederick desperately tried to Rally his Force but to no avail
the Prussian retreat was anything but orderly by the end of the day there were no more than 3
000 surviving soldiers who somewhat resembled a better formation the rest of his army scattered
the king retreated across the river and throughout the night he heard shrieks of
his Soldier slaughtered by roaming Hassan Russia suffered over 6 000 dead soldiers
and eleven thousand wounded around 1400 were taken prisoner resulting in over 19
000 total casualties that is around 40 percent of its entire force he lost most guns about 172
and 28 flags and standards the Russians lost 14 000 men about 2600 were killed 700 missing and
eleven thousand wounded the austrians Lost 500 killed 1500 wounded and no more than 500 missing
the prussians lost the battle not for a lack of Courage Frederick himself was shot several
times and had the musketeball halls in his code to prove it two horses have been shot from under
him and multiple times zetan zuzars narrowly saved him as Russian Cossacks charged against
the king's Entourage blending States Frederick was more liable to a charge of Reckless courage
than coward is he describes coonersdorf as Frederick's greatest military disaster
objectively it certainly was the worst defeat of the Prussian Army in three years of warfare
Frederick considered the defeat to be in particles by chance historians attribute the defeat to
faulty intelligence and inadequate reconnaissance was a new in the Prussian coffin with her severely
crushed and heavily better Prussian Army there was nothing stopping General saltikov from linking
up with Dawn and marching onto Berlin nothing could stop the complete utter destruction of the
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