2-715-158 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Frederick II in the village church at Elsnig on the night after the Battle of Torgau, 3 November 1760, (1936). 'Friedrich II Am Abend Nach Der Schlacht Von Torgau In Der Dorfkirche Zu Elsnig, 3 November 1760'. During the battle, a spent canister round hit King Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) in the chest and he withdrew to the village of Elsnig, (Germany). He spent the night sitting on the bottom step of the church altar waiting for news from the battlefield. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]