Date: 15th December 1745.
Place: On the Elbe River in Saxony, North of Dresden.
War: The Second Silesian War.
Contestants: Prussians against a Saxon Army supported by an Austrian contingent.
Generals: Prince Leopold Max of Anhalt-Dessau, the ‘Old Dessauer’ commanding the Prussian Army against Field Marshall Frederick Rutowsky, commanding the Saxon Army and General Grϋnne, commanding the Austrians.
Size of the Armies: Prussians: 21,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 33 guns (not including light battalion guns): Saxons and Austrians: 24,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry and 42 guns.
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“The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.”
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“A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society”
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“The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.”
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“A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.”
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“The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.”
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“What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?”
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“I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.”
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“Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.”
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“By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes”
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“My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.”
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“Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and always will be”
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