The Wars of Frederick the GreatLongman, 1996 - 371 trang The campaigns of Frederick the Great were a watershed in the history of Europe. They inaugurated a new pattern - of total war for limited objectives - that was to endure until 1916. Frederick's battles were designed to convince his adversaries of the wisdom of making and keeping peace. |
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... heavy work of opening the battle and wearing down enemy infantry . Horses and drivers were mobilized only on the outbreak of war as an economy measure - a decision significantly diminishing the artillery's combat effectiveness ...
... heavy work of opening the battle and wearing down enemy infantry . Horses and drivers were mobilized only on the outbreak of war as an economy measure - a decision significantly diminishing the artillery's combat effectiveness ...
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... heavy mortars , twenty heavy twelve- pounders , ten twenty - four - pounders . It took almost a month for the guns and their ammunition to arrive : by boat to Leitmeritz , then overland to Prague . In the interim Frederick's army licked ...
... heavy mortars , twenty heavy twelve- pounders , ten twenty - four - pounders . It took almost a month for the guns and their ammunition to arrive : by boat to Leitmeritz , then overland to Prague . In the interim Frederick's army licked ...
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... heavy guns into the field in the coming year . Fifty of these were heavy twelve - pounders taken from Prussian fortresses the famous ' Brummer ' of the war's later years . Seventy more were Prussian copies of the light Austrian twelve ...
... heavy guns into the field in the coming year . Fifty of these were heavy twelve - pounders taken from Prussian fortresses the famous ' Brummer ' of the war's later years . Seventy more were Prussian copies of the light Austrian twelve ...
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