Talk:Battle of Leuthen

Phase Images
As much as its appreciated that someone hand drew these diagrams, i don't think it up to standard as it contains many artifacts due to compression and should at the very least be re-uploaded without the compression or redrawn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.41.238 (talk) 06:44, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Four miles
"... its front stretching an amazing 4 miles."

I don't think it will be clear to the casual reader why a front of 4 miles is considered amazing. Sca (talk) 20:43, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Neutral?
It was Frederick the Great's greatest victory ever, - who said this? by which standard? Odds at the start of the battle? Maneuver during the battle? Numbers of casulaties inflicted?

TeunSpaans (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, let's cite Napoleon Bonaparte ("Description of the War's of Frederick II", dictated to General Montholon): "The Battle of Leuthen was a master piece. This Battle alone would be sufficient do make Frederick immortal among the greatest field commanders in history".

On another occasion, when asked for a listing of the greatest military strategists in history, Napoleon named only three: Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia), Ceasar and Frederick the Great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.8.164.40 (talk) 20:12, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Bewegungskrieg?
I feel slightly uncomfortable with the incorporation of the concept of Bewegungskrieg being equated with Blitzkrieg which, as Citino would argue anyway, are quite distinct concepts. I personally think the section should be removed without appropriate citation of Citino. I think it can simply be reworded to emphasize the momentum and offensive spirit of the battle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.139.85 (talk) 04:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Citations & white space
In the 'Austrian collapse' section: 'The determined Prussians, in forty minutes of hell, took the village...' I'm not too sure of the 'forty minutes of hell' bit. Why were those forty minutes any more hellish than any other time in the battle? There is no explanation, so I've put a 'citation needed' tag there; perhaps it should really be an 'explanation needed' tag.

There is an enormous amount of white space, due to the diagrams, in this article. I would fix it if I knew how, but I don't. Could somebody do the honours? Thanks in advance.

RASAM (talk) 22:51, 10 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I cleaned up a bunch of the unencyclopedic language and OR. Someone more wiki-savvy than me will probably need to fix the white space issues. Milhisfan (talk) 10:46, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Never mind, looks like it was a simpler fix than I thought. (I just moved the pics from the sections to under the campaign box.) Milhisfan (talk) 04:54, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Borna, maps
Frederick had his cavalry launch an assault on Borna as a feint....
 * – Unfind any reference anywhere to a locality in Lower Silesia called, or formerly called, Borna – though I see it's on the battle map here. Sca (talk) 20:37, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * PS: I found several localities in present-day Poland called Borne, but they are in Pomerania. Sca (talk) 20:46, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * PPS: The dayglow green background of the primitive detail maps is inappropriate and distracting. Sca (talk) 21:57, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Prague
Is the date right for the Battle of Prague? The link is to a disambig page which has Battle of Prague (1757) not 1756. Keith-264 (talk) 20:38, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved and shrank memorial pic to avoid cramping citations.Keith-264 (talk) 20:46, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Keith, I fixed dab and date too. auntieruth (talk) 14:36, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Citation format
I would recommend WP:SFN. I think it would improve the article. But that's just my opinion. WP:CITEVAR gives you a liberum veto. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 01:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Numbers for the Battle of Rossbach
The numbers for the forces present/engaged at the Battle of Rossbach differ considerably from those mentioned in the battle's own article. Which are correct? 212.59.34.21 (talk) 10:48, 9 May 2019 (UTC)