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from the
Austrian-French force, damaging the family's reputation. The population of Breslau supported the Austrians and made the Prussians’ defense difficult. Breslau's citizens pressured Lestwitz to vacate the fortress and aided any Prussian deserters. Lestwitz senior surrendered on the night of 25
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Lestwitz married
Catharina Charlotte von Tresckow (1734–1789), and they had one daughter, Helene Charlotte (1754–1803). Charlotte married at the age of 16, but the marriage was later annulled. Based on his successful career in the army, especially during the latter years of the
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November on condition of being allowed to withdraw unhindered. Out of 4,227 Prussian soldiers, only 599 of them began the march to Glogau; the rest deserted. The loss of
Breslau required Frederick to march cross-country from Rossbach where, earlier in November, he had won a decisive
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and started to leave the battlefield. The fighting raged through the night and around dawn, Lestwitz collected scattered troops, organized them into three battalions and led them in a new attack. Lestwitz's action gave decisive support to a concurrent attack of
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helped to reestablish the family in the eyes of the King. In 1760, now a major, Lestwitz the younger in the infantry regiment "Alt-Braunschweig", helped to snatch victory from defeat. The King had been was injured by
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Lestwitz's were an old Silesian family, dating to the 14th century with Hannes, a free man who served the Duke of Silesia. Hans Sigismund von Lestwitz was born on 19 June 1718 in
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and accepting commissions in various branches of the military. With so many family members pursuing profitable careers in the military, the
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Despite his father's failure at
Breslau, young Lestwitz maintained Frederick's approval and his actions at the exhausting
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as the Lady of
Friedland, was widely considered to be a successful agriculturalist, albeit a "very strange woman."
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against the
Imperial and French forces. In 12 days, Frederick's army covered the 272 km (169 mi) to
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Prussian military personnel of the War of the
Austrian Succession
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Ordinary Prussians – Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500–1840
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Battles that Changed History: an Encyclopedia of World Conflict.
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became heavily invested in the success of the Prussian state.
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Charles Frederick Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
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Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756–1763,
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of the Life Grenadier Regiment. At the outbreak of the
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Gutsherrschaftsgesellschaften im europäischen Vergleich
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Untertanen und Herrschaft gemeinschaftlich im Konflikt,
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Zepernick b. Berlin: das Domdorf im Spiegel alter Akten
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Kassel university press GmbH, 2010, pp. 406–407.
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in 1762, his estate reverted to the crown. After the
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364:. In the
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216:Relations
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