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Siskovits' troops arrived on the scene first and waited for the enemy in the woods on the left side of the road. Laudon was supposed to come from
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765:Reichenbach
760:Burkersdorf
625:Brandenburg
609:Hilbersdorf
559:Hoyerswerda
519:Sonnenstein
452:Langensalza
427:2nd Münster
412:1st Münster
315:Alt-Bunzlau
310:Reichenberg
59:introducing
1517:Categories
1490:17°26′36″E
1487:49°44′18″N
1394:References
1351:casualties
1345:Casualties
1327:Nová Véska
1311:brave feat
1284:historians
1210:battalions
957:Saint Cast
821:Fehrbellin
651:Kunersdorf
457:1st Cassel
402:Lutterberg
377:Hastenbeck
1150:Austrian
972:Belle Île
952:Cherbourg
937:Cartagena
932:Rochefort
856:Neuensund
811:Stralsund
794:Pomerania
755:Adelsbach
725:Landeshut
614:Erbisdorf
524:Hochkirch
492:Amöneburg
382:Rheinberg
345:Domstadtl
152:(now the
67:June 2011
1367:Croatian
1254:dragoons
1250:regiment
1207:infantry
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846:Pasewalk
740:Liegnitz
720:Neustadt
700:Liegnitz
641:Zorndorf
619:Freiberg
564:Sackwitz
514:Rossbach
462:Grünberg
305:Lobositz
226:Strength
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1291:Domašov
1258:hussars
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1164:cannons
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1070:Domašov
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668:Silesia
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715:Neisse
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320:Prague
234:12,000
162:Result
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1049:Third
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977:Cádiz
782:Memel
730:Glatz
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335:Gabel
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