£35 Battle of Kolin
c.1757
Ref: dsm4756
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PLAN of the BATTLE of | CHOTZEMITZ. | Fought on the 18th. of June 1757. | Between the PRUSSIANS, Commanded | By the KING; and the AUSTRIANS, | Commanded by MARSHAL DAUN: | And Won by the Latter.
Copper engraving by R. Benning depicting the Battle of Kolin during the Seven Years War whch saw 44.000 Austrians under Count von Daun defeat 32,000 Prussians under Frederick the Great. This was Frederick's first defeat in the war, losing nearly 14,000 men. "Rascals, would you live forever?" - Frederick the Great, to the hesitating Guards, Battle of Kolin.
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