Kolin: Frederick's First Defeat – June 18, 1757 1994

June frederick great highly train royal army prussia approach austrian army encamp low range hill hope victory force austrians sue peace frederick set motion master tactic oblique maneuver enemy right flank austrians new commander imperturbable field marshal von daun calmly redeploy force prussian turn maneuver instead brutal frontal assault night prussian lie dead field capture frederick suffer defeat seven year warbase popular la bataille system kolin offer authentic treatment battle age reason special command movement rule reflect inflexible difficult nature command army day compare napoleonic descendant player master infantry cavalry artillery tactic time train manpower extremely valuable mere cannonfodder content counter x period map nd edition standard rule exclusive rule book separate chart table insightful historical commentary dr christopher duffy.