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| Not quite the Leuthen Choral. German flats representing Prinz Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau prior to the battle of Kesselsdorf in 1745. |
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December 5, 1757 marks the Battle of Leuthen fought between the Prussian army of Frederick the Great and the Austrian army of Charles of Lorraine. The battle resulted in a Prussian victory and saved (temporarily ) the Kingdom of Prussia from defeat at the outset of the Seven Years War. The battle is notable for Frederick's use of the Oblique Order and is probably the only time that the maneuver was perfectly executed on the battlefield. Outnumbered three to one, the Prussians caught the larger Austrian army off guard and they defeated the Austrians.
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