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887:Pomerania
848:Adelsbach
818:Landeshut
707:Erbisdorf
617:Hochkirch
585:Amöneburg
475:Rheinberg
438:Domstadtl
248:Brunswick
1160:Lobositz
974:Neukalen
939:Pasewalk
833:Liegnitz
813:Neustadt
793:Liegnitz
734:Zorndorf
712:Freiberg
657:Sackwitz
607:Rossbach
555:GrĂĽnberg
398:Lobositz
311:Strength
166:Location
1506:Hamelin
1423:52°06′N
1348:Hanover
1334:Outcome
1316:Picardy
1194:Hanover
1136:Austria
1122:Prelude
1114:in the
1112:Hamelin
1100:Hanover
1055:Britain
1040:St Malo
1020:Minorca
988:Almeida
964:Gollnow
783:Leuthen
778:Breslau
761:Silesia
729:KĂĽstrin
677:Strehla
672:Dresden
667:Meissen
647:Korbitz
580:Nauheim
535:Warburg
530:Emsdorf
525:Corbach
480:Krefeld
465:Geldern
453:Teplitz
443:Olomouc
327:68 guns
320:28 guns
218:Hanover
193:changes
176:Hanover
172:Hamelin
80:scholar
1426:9°22′E
1410:
1394:
1356:church
1291:Battle
1281:Höxter
1265:Nr. 24
1256:Frenke
1245:Kassel
1164:Prague
1148:Saxony
1144:Sweden
1140:Russia
1003:MarvĂŁo
959:GĂĽlzow
924:GĂĽstow
909:Tornow
899:Anklam
894:Demmin
808:Neisse
754:Gostyn
724:Berlin
697:Döbeln
692:Torgau
510:Minden
500:Bergen
433:Holitz
413:Prague
262:France
259:
242:
228:
183:Result
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
1362:Notes
1309:Jäger
1241:Emden
1229:Lippe
1225:Wesel
1221:Weser
1217:Rhine
1168:Kolin
1070:Cádiz
875:Memel
823:Glatz
662:Maxen
602:Pirna
565:Ă–lper
515:Fulda
428:Gabel
423:KolĂn
87:JSTOR
73:books
1408:ISBN
1392:ISBN
1146:and
1086:The
969:Spie
768:Moys
490:Meer
158:Date
59:news
1170:).
739:Kay
146:by
42:by
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1370:^
1320:Eu
1258:;
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1166:,
1162:,
1142:,
1138:,
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1102:,
174:,
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362:t
355:v
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