Sujet

The Village of Schestedt, on the Road from Schleswig to Osterade, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Village of Schestedt, on the Road from Schleswig to Osterade, 1850. Scene from the First Schleswig War, in what is now Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: '...German troops on their retreat from the battle of Idstadt, entering Schestedt...a large village, beautifully situated on the road from Schleswig to Osterade, where a bridge and sluice over the Eyder Canal leads into Holstein. The country here is hilly, and intercepted with fine beech woods...well adapted for a military stronghold: the Eyder, to the south; Wittennsee (a large lake), to the north; and the fortress of Rendsburg, to tho west, allows great advantages to a skilful general. Schestedt has been from the oldest history a place destined for battles: the last was fought on Dec. 10, 1813, when the Danes, driven back from Holstein, gave battle to the combined forces of the allies under...Wallmoden and Tettenborn'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A33_376

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,8Mo (4,4Mo) / 42,0cm x 26,7cm / 4960 x 3157 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany countryside field fields people male man men German country guy British wheatfield rustic war farmland location retreat Armed Forces Victorian century Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier concept battle troops B&W Army warfare engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century retreating rural The Print Collector Illustrated London News rural life ILN newspaper landscape Unknown Regionalism First Schleswig War 19th-century Battle of Idstedt Battle of Isted Schestedt Sehestedt