ACHIEVEMENTS OF FIELD ARTILLERY. 
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united all his cavalry in one body, and placed the youngest General of 
the army at its head. 
Now-a-days, when a mass of artillery may remain stationary and 
turn its fire at will on any given point as the tide of battle surges to 
and fro beneath it, the true method of its employment is rendered 
comparatively easy, yet it will be found that in spite of the difficulties 
which the then deficiences of the arm placed in his way Frederick, 
when converted by its performances to the merits of the arm, aimed at 
a concentrated effect from his batteries, and directed their fire as far as 
possible on one point, and that the decisive one. It speaks volumes 
for the intelligence with which his guns were handled that in spite of 
the sometimes inevitable separation of the batteries a concentrated 
effect was frequently produced by their fire, and that in some of his 
battles, where opportunity offered, his artillery, by judicious handling, 
were' enabled to play a part in the engagement and claim a share of the 
victory, which raised its status from that of a mere auxiliary arm only 
capable of a secondary role , to one of comparative independence and 
dignity. 
We may briefly quote our first example of an artillery achievement 
from one of the most decisive of battles. 
On the 5th of November, 1757, Frederick lay with his left on Ross- 
bach, his right on Bedra. His enemies, the French and the Allies 
under Soubise, were encamped in greatly superior numbers about 
two miles from his right wing. That morning they determined to risk 
an engagement, and conceived the notable project of imitating the 
King's own tactics and moving round his left to attack him in rear and 
cut him off from his communications which crossed the river at 
Weissenfels. 
BATTLE OF BOSS BACH; 5th November, 1757 . 
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aa First position of Combined Army. 
b First position of Prussian camp. 
cc Advance of Prussian Army. 
dd Second position of Combined Army. 
ee Prussian position at Rossbach. 
gg March of Combined army. 
{h Seydlitz’s attack. 
