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G. B. Volz, The Parchwitz Speech.

Frederick the Great amid his generals before the Battle of Leuthen. (taken from: Franz Kugler, History of Frederick the Great. Unabridged popular edition. Leipzig, p. 357).

G. B. Volz, The Parchwitz Speech.

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Uniformierung & Ausrüstung

Formation and Uniform History of the Old Prussian Cavalry 1740 - 86 - Part III - Dragoons

The number of dragoon regiments at the time of Friedrich the Great's assumption of government can be taken from the table further below.

Heeressoziologie

Laeso et invieto militi - the Old Prussian system for the care of disabled soldiers

Laeso et invieto militi = Inscription above the portal of the Berlin Invalidenhaus.

Organisation

Curt Jany, Military Reminiscences of Ansbach Bayreuth (taken from the Hohenzollern Yearbook).