Bidspirit auction | Copper Engraving Battle of Trachenberg

Copper Engraving Battle of Trachenberg 1759 Dresden Radebeul Battle Plan Old Print - Antique Copper Engraving Dresden 1759 – Battle Plan Trachenberge Radebeul Elbe Raspe This documents a tactically highly interesting maneuver directly in front of the gates of the Saxon metropolis: The Battle of Trachenberge before Dresden (1759). In this late summer, Dresden was under massive pressure from the imperial troops. A Prussian corps under General Wunsch advanced from Grossenhain to relieve the city, but encountered the Austrians under General Brentano at Trachenberg. Although Wunsch was able to repel the attacks and hold his ground, all help for the city came too late: Dresden had already capitulated on the same day, which is why the Prussians had to retreat towards Torgau in the evening. The artistic Rococo cartouche at the bottom left provides you with the captivating historical sequence: Title: “PLAN of the action which took place on September 4, 1759, between an Imperial Royal and a Royal Prussian Corps at Trachenberg near Dresden.” Commanders & Troops: The Prussian corps under Major General Johann Jakob von Wunsch (General Maj:r Wunsch) against the Imperial-Austrian corps under General Joseph von Brentano (Brentano), supported by a “Croaten Corps.” Details of the “Explication”: Describes the Prussian approach via Grossenhain and Reichenberg (A), the cannonade of the imperial artillery (C), the fierce attack of the Croatian troops on Trachenberg (D), and the Prussian retreat in the evening (G), as Dresden had already “capitulated.” Geographical Highlights on the Sheet: At the bottom right, one can see the fortifications of the Neustadt in front of Dresden (Neustad v. Dresden). The depicted area includes the entire current Dresden urban area north of the Elbe with Trachenberge (Trachenberge), Trachau (Trachau), Pieschen (Pieschen), Mickten (Mickten), Übigau (Ubigau), Briesnitz (Brießnitz), Kemnitz (Kemnitz), Stetzsch (Stetzsch), Mobschatz (Mobschatz), Merbitz (Merbitz), Podemus (Beddorff), Rennerstorf (Renerstorf), Cossebaude (Kostebaude), Niederwartha (Nb: Wartha / Ob: Wartha), Constappel (Constappel), Gohlis (Nied: Gohlis / Obr: Gohlis), Kötzschenbroda (Kötzschenbroda / today Radebeul), Naundorf (Naundorff), Zitzschewig (Zschetzsch), Lindenau (Lindenau), Wilschdorf (Wilsdorff), Rähnitz (Raenitz) and Reichenberg (Reichenberg). Publisher: Numbered No. 122 at the top right (Series “Neues Kriegs-Theater, ” Raspische Buchhandlung, Nuremberg). Condition II