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BG.760.018
15 Sep 1760:21,22 (285)
Vienna, (the capital of the circle of Austria, and of the
German Empire) June 28. The attack of the intrenchments
near Landshut began at two in the morning of the 23d. The
grand firing lasted till eight o'clock, and then slackened,
but still continued till noon. General Fouquet's corps was
not indeed very numerous, but it consisted of the flower of
the Prussian troops: and it must be confessed, that being
hemmed in on every side, and having no other resource but
their valour, they defended themselves with such obstinacy
as hath made this the bloodiest action that has happened in
the course of the present war. They disputed the ground
foot by foot, and almost always without disordering their
ranks. Above half of them have been cut off. We don't
suppose above a thousand of them escaped: the rest were
made prisoners. The following is a list of them.
[1 para]
Artillery & c. taken; 79 pieces of cannon, 9 haubitzers,
24 ammunition waggons, 34 colours, 2 standards, one pair of
silver kettledrums.
Immediately after the battle the Generals Wolfersdorff and
Draskowitz resumed the operations before Glatz. It was
reckoned they might receive the heavy artillery the 24th.
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