Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf Chernyakhovsky District Kaliningrad Oblast Russia
1757 CE
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...Apraksin orders his forces to cross the Pregel River in safety, near the village of Gross-Jägersdorf, carrying out a scorched earth policy.
Lehwaldt, deciding to surprise the much larger enemy, attacks a corps of men under General Vasily Lopukhin while it is crossing the Pregel.
The general is bayoneted by the Prussians and dies in the arms of his comrades.
General Pyotr Rumyantsev, on hearing about Lopukhin's plight, scrambles through a thicket and falls upon the right wing of the Prussian infantry.
Another detachment attacks the rear of Lehwaldt's army.
While the Prussians retreat slightly, the center of the Russian army recovers from the shock of the initial assault and counterattacks.
The Kalmyk cavalry and the Don Cossacks on the Prussian left pretend to retreat so as to trap the attacking Prussians under heavy artillery fire.
By the end of the day it becomes clear that the Russians have won the battle and the Prussians have to abandon the battlefield.
The Prussians have lost between four thousand six hundred and five thousand men, the Russians between five thousand four hundred and seven thousand (sources differ).
Although defeated, the Prussians had achieved a surprise attack, seized a number of positions from numerically superior forces and inflicted equivalent losses.
As at Zorndorf, they have proved to be effective against stronger forces in close-quarter fighting.
Lehwaldt, deciding to surprise the much larger enemy, attacks a corps of men under General Vasily Lopukhin while it is crossing the Pregel.
The general is bayoneted by the Prussians and dies in the arms of his comrades.
General Pyotr Rumyantsev, on hearing about Lopukhin's plight, scrambles through a thicket and falls upon the right wing of the Prussian infantry.
Another detachment attacks the rear of Lehwaldt's army.
While the Prussians retreat slightly, the center of the Russian army recovers from the shock of the initial assault and counterattacks.
The Kalmyk cavalry and the Don Cossacks on the Prussian left pretend to retreat so as to trap the attacking Prussians under heavy artillery fire.
By the end of the day it becomes clear that the Russians have won the battle and the Prussians have to abandon the battlefield.
The Prussians have lost between four thousand six hundred and five thousand men, the Russians between five thousand four hundred and seven thousand (sources differ).
Although defeated, the Prussians had achieved a surprise attack, seized a number of positions from numerically superior forces and inflicted equivalent losses.
As at Zorndorf, they have proved to be effective against stronger forces in close-quarter fighting.