Journal of Horace St. Paul
1757: Disengagement

August 30, 1757

Translated and Edited With Additional Materials By Neil Cogswell


His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Lorraine and Marshal Daun went, this morning, onto the heights of Konigshayn to examine the strength and position of the Prussian troops encamped at Rademeritz. They sought to see if there might be some way in which to attack them. At their return, orders were issued to General Nadasdy and to the Duke of Arenberg to advance during the night. The Reserve Corps under Graf Anton Colloredo is to follow them tomorrow.

We hear that the Army of the King has reached Dresden; he is encamped near the Black Gate on this side of the Elbe. We do not doubt that his intention is to march against the French. General Hadik, who commands two regiments of hussars at Stolpen, had not failed to harass the Rearguard of the King. He took 38 prisoners.

General Winterfeldt, finding himself irritated and cramped by the Austrian light troops, attacked them with his hussars sustained by a regiment of dragoons and 4 battalions of infantry with 12 cannon. The advanced posts of the Austrians were driven back, but, on being supported by a great number of Croats and some regulars, those troops drove back the Prussians to their camp. Despite a great fire of artillery, and the general discharge that the Prussians made from their camp when the attackers were pursued back to its outskirts, the Austrians lost only 2 hussars and 3 Croats in this affair.

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