Who fought?
The Prussians, led by
Frederick II the
Great, vs. the Austrians and the French, led by
Marshal Soubise.
Prussia won. The battle took two hours.
Frederick's enemy had an army twice as big. But he could pull it off
and the French-German army lost 7,000 men whereas Frederick lost
only 550 of his men.
And here are the maps
![Battle of Rossbach - November 5, 1757](../images/maps/battle_of_rossbach.jpg)
BATTLE
OF ROSSBACH
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![Map of the Battle of Rossbach: Prelude](../images/battle_rossbach_01.jpg)
Map of the Battle of Rossbach: Prelude (USMA) November 2-4, 1757
![Map of the Battle of Rossbach](../images/battle_rossbach_map.jpg)
Map of the Battle of Rossbach (USMA) - November 5, 1757 |