dressau

Updated: July 25, 2025

But by this time it was past eight o'clock, the fog was dispersing, and he saw a great body of Austrians on the heights to his right, from Waditz to Meschduitz, as well as on the whole line of heights on the left. His only line of retreat, therefore, was along at the foot of the Dressau heights. These he ordered to be seized, at once.

G. A. (George Alfred) Henty - With Frederick the Great : A Story of the Seven Years' War

Had he been an hour sooner, he might have saved the heavy battery which lay beyond the range of the guns on the Dressau heights, and which Frederick could not have supported without bringing on a general battle.

G. A. (George Alfred) Henty - With Frederick the Great : A Story of the Seven Years' War

Then, in a steady and leisurely manner, the king drew off his forces and took up a new position from Krewitz to Puswietz, carrying off the whole of his baggage; Retzow and the troops on the Dressau heights covering the movement, until all had passed; Daun and his great army standing on their circle of hills, watching, but not interfering with the movement. Frederick's rashness had cost him dear.

G. A. (George Alfred) Henty - With Frederick the Great : A Story of the Seven Years' War