Instructions for his Generals

Frederick the Great was one of the most brilliant military leaders that has ever lived.

He ascended the throne in 1740 and immediately invaded Austria to annex Silesia in the Silesian Wars.

Against great odds he led his armies to victory in the Seven Years War and set a path for Prussia’s emergence as a European great power.

These military victories were the result of revolutionary strategies, tactics, mobility and logistics.

Frederick’s extensive personal experience of warfare is extremely visible in his Instructions for his Generals and Particular Instruction of the King of Prussia to the Officers of his Army, and especially those of the Cavalry. Both are included in this edition.

It covers every detail that Frederick thought was important, from how to secure a camp, how troops should be provisioned, how to retreat as well as surprise the enemy.

As a study of military methods in the eighteenth century it cannot be rivalled and was extremely influential to later theorists such as Carl von Clauswitz and Moltke the Elder.

Lieut. Colonel T. Foster translated the work into English in 1797. It remains a fascinating text that allows the reader to understand the mind of this military genius.

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