Because of the terrain, the camp occupied by General Nadasdy is irregular. Its left is near the Wittiche opposite the stone bridge of the village of Wiese. The infantry are encamped in clumps because the ground is so intersected by ravines as to be impossible to form a regular camp. The right is behind Seidenberg. About half a mile (German) ahead, General Nadasdy has established 400 hussars; these act as an advanced guard. He has deployed the Croats in the woods and ravines along his front. These Croats are the same who had previously occupied the wood at Dittersbach under the orders of Generals Petazzi and Draskowitz: General Beck has taken over their old position.

The camp of General Winterfeldt is on a height in front of Rademeritz resting its right on the Wittiche. It is in a single line forming an angle at the right. We judge that he has with him about 10,000 men.

The Prussian army made a substantial foraging expedition escorted by several battalions and 16 cannon. The villages of Ober- and Nieder-Kiesdorf experienced their resentment. They tried to press forward as far as Dittersbach, but General Beck threw several companies of his Croats into that village and supported them with the rest of his corps, who occupied the neighboring wood. The Prussians then contented themselves with foraging the first two villages.

Redoubt at Bridge of Rademeritz

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