Saturday, 5 January 2019

Great Sleigh Drive

Frederick William the Great pursues Swedish troops across the frozen Curonian Lagoon; fresco by Wilhelm Simmler, ca. 1891
"The Great Sleigh Drive" (German: Die große Schlittenfahrt) was a daring and bold maneuver by Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, to drive Swedish forces out of the Duchy of Prussia, a territory of his which had been invaded by the Swedes during the winter of 1678.
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1 comment:

  1. Steve J.5 January 2019 at 11:49

    That's pretty cool:). I wonder what they had to do to the horses hooves to get them to grip the ice?

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