2-715-144 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Frederick the Great makes a speech to his generals on the eve of the Battle of Leuthen, 5 December 1757, (1936). 'Ansprache Friedrichs Des Grossen An Seine Generale Am Abend Vor Der Schlacht Bei Leuthen, 5 Dezember 1757'. King Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) inspiring his officers the night before they defeated a much larger Austrian force at Leuthen in Prussian Silesia, (present-day Lutynia, Poland). From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]