Journal of Horace St. Paul
1757: Advance Astride the Neisse

Part 7: October 2, 1757

Translated and Edited
With Additional Materials By Neil Cogswell


The army made a forward movement. It crossed the Schweidnitz Wasser on five bridges in order to approach the little river called the Lohe. The left flank rests on the Oder behind the village of Masselwitz, and the line extends to the right behind Neukirch, which the Prussians had abandoned at the approach of the Austrian Advance Guard.

The Advanced Guard went on as far as Strachwitz. Some hussars then occupied the village of Gross-Mochber. In front of their position there is a ditch called the Floss-Graben.

Headquarters remain at Lissa and the Reserve Corps continues to hold its old position.

Having taken possession of the villages of Gross and Klein Masselwitz, the Croats wished to push further forward to secure the cover of the woods along the Lohe. This attracted a cannonade from the Prussians holding Pilsnitz2. 800 infantry were sent forward to support the Croats.

We also occupied the village of Neukirch with 1,000 infantry commanded by Colonel Count Pellegrini.

The right flank of the Prussians extends towards the village of Kosel; the left rests on the suburbs of Breslau. They have the Oder behind them. They still hold the village of Pilsnitz * (* St Paul actually says Popelwitz. With the benefit of the maps one can see that this is clearly an error.) on the Lobe. Deserters inform us that the Prussians are using a number of peasants to build their retrenchments.

The Grenadier Corps of General Sprecher and the Croats of General Beck, who had been involved in the confusion of which I wrote on the 30th September, rejoined the army.

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