Frederick the Great. A Military Life

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INDEX 403

campaign and battle of Leuthen
(1757), 145-55; campaign of
Olmutz (1758), 156-61;
campaign and battle of Zorndorf
(1758), 161-72; campaign and
battle of Hochkirch (1758),
172-9; Schmottseiffen position
(1759), 180-1; campaign and
battle of Kunersdorf (1759).
182-92; campaign around
Dresden and the capitulation at
Maxen (1759), 192-9; siege of
Dresden (1760), 196-8; campaign
and battle of Liegnitz (1760) ,
200-7; campaign in southern
Silesia (1760), 207-9; campaign
and battle of Torgau (1760),
209-19; Bunzelwitz position
(1761), 219-25; Fand the near-
col lapse of Prussian army and
state (1761), 225-33; death of
Elizabeth of Russia (1762),
233-4; campaign of Burkersdorf
(1762), 234—41; end of Seven
Years War (1762-3), 241-3; the
civilian Ritablissement after the
Seven Years War, 244-5; the
army after the Seven Years War,
245-7; diplomatic relations after
the Seven Years War, and the
First Partition of Pol and (1772),
262-7; War of the Bavarian
Succession (1778-9), 265-78;
final years, 279-81;death (1786),
281; posthumous reputation,
281-8
Character and habits, 5,6, 7, 10,16,
19-20, 28, 29, 37,68,75,110,
119-20, 128, 132,133, 134,136,
137, 138,143, 153-4,162, 164,166,
170, 174,177, 178,179, 188,214,
231-2,245, 251-3,255-62, 265-6,
269-70, 273, 275,278-9, 280-1,
290-1, 294, 295-6,298, 300-1,317,
322-8,332-3, 336,339
Writings: Antimachiavel (1740),
19, 46, 50, 301, 309; Seelowitz
Instructions (1742), 39,309;
HistoiredeMon Temps, first
draft (1743),46;infantry
Reglement (1743), 49-50; hussar
Reglement (1743), 50; Trincipes
G4niraux de la Guerre (1748)
(German trans. General-
Principia vom Kriege, 1753), 36,
77-8, 303, 312; Instruction fiirdie
Major-Generals von derlnfan-
terie and Instruction fiirdie
Major-Generals von der


Cavallerie (1748), 78-9; L'Artde
la Guerre (1751), 79; Testament
Politique (1752). 79,85; Vensies
et Ragles Generates pour la
Guerre (1755), 80; Aphorismen

... iiber die Befestigungs-,
Lager- und Gefechtkunst (1757),
132; Testament Politique (1768),
262, 295 Elements de
Castramitrie et de Tactique
(1770) (German trans.
Grundsdtze der Lagerkunst und
Taktik, 1771), 263-4, 332;
Reflexions sur les Pro jets de
Campagne (1775), 264; Histoire
deMon Temps, later edn (1775,
etc.), 300;Exposedu
GouvernementPrussien (1776),
263
F and the army: army and officer
training, 9, 78-81, 246, 247,
254-5,264, 332-1; desertion, 68,
77,79,161, 200, 229, 274, 276, 334;
discipline and drill, 9,24,60,64,
69-70,79, 160-1, 172, 233,318,
335-9; medical services, 277, 308,
335-6; officer corps, 4,11,330-4;
recruiting, 11-12, 77,79,229, 245
Fand leadership: qualities of the
commander, 322, 324-30; F's
leadership of officers, 58,146-7,
230-1, 245-6; F's leadership of
men, 77,101-2,133-4,146, 148,
183, 184, 199, 205, 209-10,218,
223,240, 269-70,334-9
Fand operations of war, routine:
engineering and entrenched
camps, 92,93,95, 173, 180-1,
221-3, 264,304-5, 307-8,321-2;
marches, 306-7; supply and
transport, 66-7,88,90,91,95,98,
248, 268, 305-6; winter quarters,
308
Fand statecraft: aggrandisement,
20, 22,46,51,80,85-6; balance of
power, 80, 289; 'Enlightened
Absolutism', 290-2; finance,
resources and economy, 78, 79,
109-10,227-8,245-6.291,298;
public opinion, manipulation of,
297-8..
Fand strategic principles and aids.
concentration offeree anduseof
interior lines, 59,77,80, 161,177,
228,303-4, 311-12; intelligence,
military, 326-8; limited war, 44,
289,292-9; maps and militaiy
topography, 325-6; military
history and the study of war,

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