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Copper Engraving 1762 – Battle of Adelsbach Waldenburg Croats Cossacks Raspe - Copper Engraving Adelsbach 1762 Silesia Struga Battle Plan Militaria Old Print This is another excellent and extremely detailed sheet from the series, documenting an important battle from the absolute final phase of the Seven Years' War: The Battle of Adelsbach (1762) in Silesia. Here, the Prussian troops under General Neuwied tried to storm the strategically advantageous positions of the Imperial General Brentano, but were repelled with heavy losses. The battle is considered an important prelude to Frederick the Great's successful recapture of the Schweidnitz fortress. The razor-sharp cartouche on the left side and the text on the right reveal all sales-relevant details: Title: „Plan of the affair between the Corps of General Brentano and that of General Neuwied under the command of the King of Prussia, where the former was fruitlessly attacked by the latter on July 6, 1762, near Adelsbach.“ Actors & Units: The Imperial-Austrian Corps under General Joseph von Brentano (supported by Croats, Cossacks, and Bosniaks) against the Prussian troops under Lieutenant General Bredow-Neuwied (Hans Ehrenreich von Neuwied). The text also describes the famous assault by the Prussian regiment Bethlem (Infantry Regiment No. 43), which lost 3 flags in the process. Geographical Details: The Silesian mountains around Ober-Adelsbach and Nieder-Adelsbach (today Adelsbach / Struga near Waldenburg), Reichenau (Boguszów), Quolsdorf (Chwaliszów), Liebersdorf (Lubomin), Conradsthal (Konradów), and Ober-Salzbrunn (Bad Salzbrunn / Szczawno-Zdrój) are shown. Publisher: Fully signed bottom right with „Nürnberg in der Raspischen Handlung“ (Nuremberg in Raspe's Dealership) (series „Neues Kriegs-Theater“, numbered No. 148 top right). Condition I-II