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JEAN DE BEAURAIN (1696-1771). FRENCH GEOGRAPHER.. Seven Years War (1756-1763). Map of the Russian bombardment of Memel, 1757. On June 19, 1757 the Russian army, commanded by Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, besieged the town to seize one of the most strongest fortresses in Prussia. After five days of severe artillery fire, Russian troops succeeded in their assault. The garrison capitulated on 6 July and and was taken by the Russians for the rest of the war. Memel was used by the Russians as a base from which to invade East Prussia. Published in 1765 by the cartographer Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771) as an illustration of his Great Map of Germany, with the events that took place during the Seven Years War. Engraving. French edition, 1765. Military Historical Library of Barcelona (Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona). Catalonia. Spain.

JEAN DE BEAURAIN (1696-1771). FRENCH GEOGRAPHER.. Seven Years War (1756-1763). Map of the Russian bombardment of Memel, 1757. On June 19, 1757 the Russian army, commanded by Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, besieged the town to seize one of the most strongest fortresses in Prussia. After five days of severe artillery fire, Russian troops succeeded in their assault. The garrison capitulated on 6 July and and was taken by the Russians for the rest of the war. Memel was used by the Russians as a base from which to invade East Prussia. Published in 1765 by the cartographer Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771) as an illustration of his Great Map of Germany, with the events that took place during the Seven Years War. Engraving. French edition, 1765. Military Historical Library of Barcelona (Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona). Catalonia. Spain.
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Seven Years War (1756-1763). Map of the Russian bombardment of Memel, 1757. On June 19, 1757 the Russian army, commanded by Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, besieged the town to seize one of the most strongest fortresses in Prussia. After five days of severe artillery fire, Russian troops succeeded in their assault. The garrison capitulated on 6 July and and was taken by the Russians for the rest of the war. Memel was used by the Russians as a base from which to invade East Prussia. Published in 1765 by the cartographer Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771) as an illustration of his Great Map of Germany, with the events that took place during the Seven Years War. Engraving. French edition, 1765. Military Historical Library of Barcelona (Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona). Catalonia. Spain.
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Historical Military Library of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
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29.0 x 41.7 cm | 11.4 x 16.4 in (300 dpi)
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1757 • 1765 • 18 CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • APRAKSIN • ARCHITECTURE, MILITARY • ARMY, RUSSIAN • BALTIC COAST • BALTIC SEA • BALTIC STATES • BALTIC • BASTION • BEAURAIN • BESIEGE • BOMB • BOMBARDE (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT) • BOMBARDEMENT • BOMBARDING • BOMBARDMENT • BOMBER • BOMBING • BULWARK • CAMP • CARTOGRAPHY • CASTLE • CITADEL • CITY WALLS • CITY • CONFLICT • DEFENSIVE ARCHITECTURE • EAST PRUSSIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPA • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • FIELD MARSHAL STEPAN FYODOROVICH APRAKSIN • FORT • FORTIFICACION • FORTIFICATION • FORTITUDE • FORTRESS • FRENCH EDITION • GERMANY HISTORY • GERMANY • GREAT MAP OF GERMANY • HISTORIA DE ALEMANIA • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL MILITARY LIBRARY OF BARCELONA. CATALONIA. SPAIN. • HISTORY PRUSSIA • HISTORY RUSSIA • HISTORY • HISTORY, PRUSSIA • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • INVADE • INVASION • JEAN DE BEAURAIN (1696-1771). FRENCH GEOGRAPHER. • JEAN DE BEAURAIN • JULY 6 • JUNE 19 • MAP MAKING • MAP • MAPS • MEMEL • MILITARY STRATEGY • MILITARY TACTICS • MODERN AGE • MODERN ERA • MODERN PERIOD • OLD MAP • PALACE • PLAN (CARTOGRAPHY) • PLAN • PLANE • PRINT • PRUSIA • PRUSSIA • PRUSSIA, HISTORY • PRUSSIAN • RAMPART • RUSIA • RUSSIA • RUSSIAN ARMY • RUSSIAN EMPIRE • RUSSIAN • SEVEN YEARS WAR • SEVEN YEARS' WAR • SIEGE • SILESIAN WAR • SITE • STEPAN FYODOROVICH APRAKSIN • STRATEGY • STRENGTH • STRONGHOLD • TACTICS • TOWN • URBE • VILLAGE • WALL • WAR • WAR, SEVEN YEARS • WAR, SILESIAN • WARFARE • WARS • XVIII CENTURY