HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pyrrhic Victory, Legnica, Tsarina
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Leuthen: high odds win for prussia, recovered silesia and most importantly british subsidies. Four years after leuthen from 1758-onwards there was a subsidy of 700,000 pounds per year and organized the army of observation - german mercenaries and neutralized the french front. Britain alleviated frederick the great"s burden of ghting austria, france, russia, Tsarista elizabeth"s agenda was always the reduction of size and stature of prussia into a small electoral prince; to that end russia send its main army believed by the. Russian commander: saltykov - believed in a defensive style of warfare and formed a bond with his soldiers. Saltykov invaded prussia systematically and defeated a prussian army at zullichau (wedell = prussian commander) Saltykov engaged prussia"s main army, commanded by frederick the great, at. Austrian grenadiers) and the prussian army retreated - saltykov routed the. Prussian army: after the battle, frederick the great wrote: my coat is riddled with musket balls,
