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Copper Engraving Groß-Jägersdorf 1757 East Prussia Battle Plan Old Print Imperial Russian and Royal Prussian Armies - Antique Copper Engraving Groß-Jägersdorf 1757 – Battle Plan East Prussia Wehlau Raspe „Plan of the Battle near Groß-Jägers-Dorf, on August 30, 1757, between the Imperial Russian and Royal Prussian Armies.“ Geographical Highlights on the sheet: Besides the main town Groß-Jägersdorf (Groß-Jägersdorf), important East Prussian landmarks can be found, such as the fortress Wehlau (Welau, shown fortified top left), the towns Norkitten (Norkitten), Almenhausen (Allaburg), Uderballen, Sittkehmen (Sittkeim), as well as the rivers Pregel and Auxinne (Auxin). Details on the battlefield: Marked are the „Morgensterns Lager“ (Morgenstern's Camp), the „Retirade der Preußischen Armee“ (Retreat of the Prussian Army), the Russian „Corps de Reserve“ (Reserve Corps) as well as the deadly „Vor-eroberten Batterien“ (Previously captured batteries). Publisher: Fully signed bottom left with „Nürnberg auf Kosten der Raspischen Buchhandlung“ (Nuremberg at the expense of Raspe's Bookstore) (series „Neues Kriegs-Theater“, numbered No. 12 in the cartouche). Condition II