"Leuthen - The Prussian attack on the Protestant Church " Topic
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| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 3:38 p.m. PST |
Hi everyone,
usually of the Battle of Leuthen the most described part of the battle is the attack on the CATHOLIC church of the village by the Prussian Guard, with all the famous painting to celebrate it.
But what about the attack on the other (Protestant) Church?
I have some theories – and actually I like to fill up the historical gaps – that I mostly reported on my site at the following page link |
| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 3:41 p.m. PST |
The Protestant Church of Leuthen |
| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 3:41 p.m. PST |
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| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 3:43 p.m. PST |
As said, I will try to suppose what happened in that early afternoon 5th December 1757 in that part of the battlefield. As said, according to my sources in the zone of the Protestant Church was arrayed the Hungarian Haller regiment, (1 Battalion, i.e. about 570 men);
The Prussian units that encountered this battalion could have been the 2 battalions of the 8th Regiment von Geist, backed by the Ostenreich Grenadier Battalion, thus an attack of about 1.500 men invested the zone of the Protestant Church in Leuthen.
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| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 3:46 p.m. PST |
The Catholic church. Contrast |
| paperbattles | 30 Dec 2015 12:31 p.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
