Bidspirit auction | Antique Copper Engraving Domstadtl 1758

Antique Copper Engraving Domstadtl 1758 – Raid Transport Zieten Moravia Loudon Raspe - Copper Engraving Domstadtl 1758 Moravia Battle Plan Zieten Transport Old Print It shows the famous Battle of Domstadtl (1758) in Moravia. Here, the Austrians, under the brilliant tactician General Loudon, ambushed a huge Prussian supply convoy (over 4,000 wagons!). This defeat forced Frederick the Great to directly break off the siege of Olmütz and withdraw completely from Moravia. The map even shows the exploding Prussian powder wagons in the center („the air detonation of the wagons“) depicted in detail and colored! „Plan, of the lifting of the large transport intended for the Royal Prussian Army in Moravia on June 30, 1758.“ Actors & Commanders: The imperial attack under General-Feldwachtmeister Ernst Gideon von Loudon against the famous Prussian General-Lieutenant Hans Joachim von Zieten (near Guntersdorf) as well as General-Feldwachtmeister von Siskowitz against the Prussian Major General von Puttkamer (near Neudörfel). Geographical Details on the sheet: Domstadtl (today Domašov nad Bystřicí), town of Liebau (Alte Liebe / Město Libavá), Bärn (Moravský Beroun), Hoff (Dvorce), Pautsch (Podlesí), Neudörfel and Guntersdorf (Guntramovice). In addition, the supply road leading from Troppau to Olmütz is marked. Publisher: Fully signed bottom right with „Nürnberg in der Raspischen Buchhandlung“ (series „Neues Kriegs-Theater“) Condition II