The book A Short History of Germany was written by author Ernest F Ernest Flagg Henderson Here you can read free online of A Short History of Germany book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Short History of Germany a good or bad book?
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The latter 's losses were nearly 11,000 as compared to 3500 of the enemy. As for Frederick, he evaded the Russian general, Czer- nitscheff, and threw him into a panic by the simple sub- terfuge of allowing one of his own letters, with a greatly exaggerated account of the victory of Liegnitz, to fall, as if by chance, into Russian hands. But Czernitscheff, later joining with Totleben, appeared before Berlin, and forced it to capitulate and to pay a heavy ransom. Lacy occupied Potsdam and Charlot...tenburg, in which latter place much wanton damage was done. On the news of Frederick's approach, the Russians withdrew to the Oder, and Lacy to Torgau, where he joined Daun. The circle 176 A SHORT HISTORY OP GERMANY had narrowed until it enclosed the very heart of Frederick's own domains. The battle Here at Torgau, Frederick, with 44,000 men, stood over of Torgau. against the 60,000 of Daun, determined, as he wrote to his brother Henry, "to conquer or die." He had called his generals together and told them that he "did not wish the opinion of any one of them, but would merely tell them that Daun must be attacked on the following day." Ziethen was intrusted with the whole right wing, and was ordered to outflank the enemy and cut off their retreat to the south.
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