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but his troops, lacking in supplies, suffered considerable attrition. Although
Lehwaldt withdrew his corps from the battle, the Russians were unable to follow up on the victory. Apraxin retreated from the province after hearing a false report that Empress
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Lehwaldt, who commanded of forces in East Prussia, one hundred officers' patents to fill as he saw fit, expecting him to strengthen the army there. The Russian field marshal
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210:Blockade of Stralsund
148:Years of service
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358:Battle of Chotusitz
269:Frederick the Great
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190:First Silesian War
185:Great Northern War
178:Battle of Blenheim
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119:Allegiance
94:20°25′29″E
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469:Austrians
332:Pomerania
294:Freiherrn
151:1700–1765
473:Russians
383:and the
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252:Prussian
250:, was a
136:Service/
465:Potsdam
369:Marwitz
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