Another map

This is one of the maps from my personal collection. It is from the late XVIII century. Interestingly enough the left side legend is very detailed and describes very well the various phases of the battle.



The letter (a) denotes the Prussian camp whereas the initial Austrian position is denoted with (b). The three Prussian column are denote respectively (c) (d) and (e). The Austrian grenadier corps which was displaced by the advancing Prussian is indicted by (f), whereas in (g) there are the "Batyanischen Dragoner und ein Regiment Infanterie". (h) And (i) are the Prussian infantry and cavalry attacks, (k) the new Austrian position facing these attacks. The Zieten attacks is (l) and (m) are the croats on his tracks. The final attack on the causeway is indicated with the letter (n) and finally (o) and (p) denote the main army and Lacy's corp paths of retreat respectively.

I'll try to post on Kronoskaf a better resolution map in the next few days.

A 1760 map

This map of the battle is taken from the article "The Prussian ACCOUNT by AUTORITHY of the Battle fought near Torgau on the 3d of November, 1760. With an accurate Plan of the Battle, neatly engraved", which appeared in "The Supplement to the Universal Magazine, vol. XXVII, December 1760, 367-371".

Yes, December 1760! A sort of XVIIIth century web-zine....

The newspaper contains also an Austrian relation on the battle. I bought the map with the relevant part of the newspaper (a newspaper of nearly 400 pages, by the way) years ago on E-bay.

For those accustomed with the battle, the map is fairly correct and descriptive: compare with the title map which is from a 1845 german Military History Atlas (more details in the next future)