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Paul Gerber, The Battle of Leuthen, inaugural dissertation, Berlin 1901.

Frederick the Great encounters Austrian officers in the castle near Lissa after the Battle of Leuthen. Taken from: Hermann von Petersdorff, Frederick the Great. A Portrait of His Life and Times. Berlin 1902, p. 356.
Frederick the Great encounters Austrian officers in the castle near Lissa after the Battle of Leuthen. Taken from: Hermann von Petersdorff, Frederick the Great. A Portrait of His Life and Times. Berlin 1902, p. 356.
Plan of the Battle of Leuthen. Taken from: Hermann von Petersdorff, Frederick the Great. A Portrait of His Life and Times. Berlin 1902, p. 358.
Plan of the Battle of Leuthen. Taken from: Hermann von Petersdorff, Frederick the Great. A Portrait of His Life and Times. Berlin 1902, p. 358.

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