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Antique Copper Engraving Cosel 1760 – Fortress Plan Kozle Upper Silesia Oder Raspe Kobelwitz (Cobelwitz), Wiegschütz (Wieckschütz), Reinschdorf (Reinschdorf), Neuhof, Comorn (Komorno), Kandrzin (Kandrein / today Kędzierzyn), Pirchwieg (Pichwiese) and Brzezetz (Brzezetz) - Plan of the Fortress Cosel in Silesia 1760 – Old-colored copper engraving Loudon This sheet from the Raspe series documents a highly exciting siege history event from Upper Silesia: The Siege of Cosel Fortress (1760). The Prussian-occupied fortress on the Oder was a strategic key point. The famous Austrian Field Marshal Loudon tried to take the fortress by a coup in October 1760. The plan shows in detail the advance of the Imperial troops, the construction of pontoon bridges across the Oder, and the fierce attacks on the outworks (Tete de Pont), which were ultimately heroically repelled by the Prussian garrison, so that Loudon had to withdraw without achieving his objective. The rock cartouche on the bottom left provides you with the perfect historical facts for your item description: Title: „PLAN of the Fortress COSEL in Silesia which was besieged in October 1760 by an Imperial Royal Corps d'Armee under the command of General Laudohn“ Actors & Commanders: The Imperial-Austrian Corps under the popular Field Marshal Ernst Gideon von Loudon (Laudohn) against the Prussian fortress garrison. Details of the „Explication“: It describes the advance from October 20 (A), the construction of two pontoon bridges across the Oder (D/E), cavalry positions near Wiegschütz (G), and the fierce attacks on October 25 and 26 „with all fury“ on the redoubts on the Wiegschütz road (K) and against Kobelwitz (L). On the 28th, the corps withdrew without result. Geographical Highlights on the sheet: In the center, the detailed drawn, fortified city of Cosel (today Kędzierzyn-Koźle), the Oder and the Klinitz stream (Klodnitz), as well as the surrounding towns Kobelwitz (Cobelwitz), Wiegschütz (Wieckschütz), Reinschdorf (Reinschdorf), Neuhof, Comorn (Komorno), Kandrzin (Kandrein / today Kędzierzyn), Pirchwieg (Pichwiese) and Brzezetz (Brzezetz). Publisher: Fully signed bottom right in the corner with „Nürnberg in der Raspischen Buchhandlung“ (series „Neues Kriegs-Theater“). Condition II