August the Strong – Saxony 1706
Friedrich Augustus. Elector of Saxony (1694-1733); king of Poland (1697-1704; 1709-1733). The shattered sanctuary 1706 On 8 January 1706 a Swedish army of between 18,000 and 20,000 men left Blonie. `My soldiers have enjoyed their winter quarters in summer’, declared their enigmatic King, so it was `only right that they should take the field in […]
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