Austrian Preparations
Neipperg was in just as bad a situation as he had discovered Frederick's entire army at his doorstep by simply looking out of his window and not only were most of his soldiers still sleeping, his entire army was facing to the Northwest, away from the Prussians. The Austrian army was waking up, desperately rushing from its camp and trying to form into a cohesive fighting force. Eventually around 1:00 PM, both sides had formed up lines of battle and were now ready to engage each other.
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