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Baron von Freytag-Loringhausen, The Battle of Torgau on November 3, 1760.

Lecture delivered at the 'Military Society' in Berlin for the commemorative celebration of Frederick the Great on December 23, 1897. Berlin 1897.

Frederick the Great accompanied on horseback. Drawing by Adolph von Menzel (taken from: Franz Kugler, History of Frederick the Great. Unabridged popular edition. Leipzig p. 505).

Baron von Freytag-Loringhausen, The Battle of Torgau on November 3, 1760.

Torgau. Battle plan. Taken from Elze, Frederick the Great. Intellectual World - Fate - Deeds, Berlin 1936.

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