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    The siege of Prague was an unsuccessful attempt by a Prussian army led by Frederick the Great to capture the Bohemian city of Prague during the Third Silesian...
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    Siege of Prague was an extended blockade of the Bohemian capital during the War of the Austrian Succession. French forces first under the command of de...
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    slowly moved to relieve Prague. Frederick stopped the bombardment of Prague and maintained the siege under Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, while the king...
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    formations of Sigismund's forces successfully entered Hradčany with supplies. They took horses from the castle. At the time of the Prague siege, Sigismund's...
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    he had suffered, Frederick decided to lay siege rather than launch a direct assault on the walls of Prague. He calculated that 40,000 soldiers, in addition...
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    Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (category German military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    old, he observed his father directing Prussian engineers in the 1744 siege of Prague. At age 16 or 17, he enlisted in the Prussian Army, which was considered...
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    Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/ PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa] ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated...
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  • follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) this siege is semi or entirely mythical. Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764...
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    later served under him in New France) were both in the Siege of Prague. He was promoted to colonel of the Régiment d'Auxerrois in 1743. He took part in Marshal...
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    men to come to the relief of Prague. Following the battle at Prague, Frederick took 5,000 troops from the siege at Prague and sent them to reinforce...
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    Hans Christoff von Königsmarck (category Members of the Privy Council of Sweden)
    Governor-General of Bremen-Verden in 1645, Privy Councilor in 1651 and Field Marshal in 1655. He is best known for the Siege of Prague between 25 June...
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    15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 Prague 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The siege of Dresden took place in July 1760 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War)...
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  • armies. 1742 – Siege of Prague (1742). 1744 – City occupied by Prussian forces. 1755 – St. Nicholas Church built. 1757 - 6 May: Siege of Prague. 1765 – Goltz...
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  • it took part in hostilities for the first time at the Siege of Kaiserswerth. After the death of his father, King Frederick William I joined the coalition...
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    James Francis Edward Keith (category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen)
    approximately eight kilometers (5 mi) away. In 1757, he commanded at the siege of Prague and later, in this same campaign, he defended Leipzig against a greatly...
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    11 10 9 8 Prague 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The siege of Schweidnitz took place between August and October 1762 during the Third Silesian War, part of the wider...
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    Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (category Marquesses of Vauvenargues)
    object of the author's devotion. The two were part of the disastrous Siege of Prague (1742), the expedition to Bohemia in support of Frederick II of Prussia's...
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  • Charles VI, during the War of Austrian Succession, he also fought in the Battle of Mollwitz, and then at the Siege of Prague, after which he was taken...
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    9 8 Prague 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The siege of Olomouc took place in 1758 when a Prussian army led by Frederick the Great besieged the Austrian city of Olmütz...
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    12 11 10 9 8 Prague 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The siege of Pirna (or Investment of Pirna) took place in 1756 as part of the Prussian invasion of Saxony during...
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  • action of the Thirty Years' War Siege of Prague (1742), a siege during the War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Prague (1757), a battle in which the...
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    Thirty Years' War (category 17th-century military history of the Kingdom of England)
    of taking Prague. Key elements of the Peace were provisions confirming the autonomy of states within the Empire, including Ferdinand's acceptance of the...
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    200km 125miles 20 19 18 17 Dresden 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 Prague 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The Battle of Zorndorf, during the Seven Years' War, was fought on 25...
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    Frederick's army had crossed the Bohemian frontier, marched directly to Prague, and laid siege to the city, which surrendered on 16 September 1744 after a three-day...
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    The Pomeranian War was a theatre of the Seven Years' War. The term is used to describe the fighting between Sweden and Prussia between 1757 and 1762 in...
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    The siege of Pilsen (or Plzeň) or Battle of Pilsen was a siege of the fortified city of Pilsen (Czech: Plzeň) in Bohemia carried out by the forces of the...
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    12 11 10 9 8 Prague 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The Battle of Rossbach took place on 5 November 1757 during the Third Silesian War (1756–1763, part of the Seven Years'...
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  • and the Diplomatic Revolution' of the Eighteenth Century", International History Review (1990) 12#2 pp. 301–323 Siege began on 7 December 1757 and ended...
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    of Prague, which occurred between 25 July and 1 November 1648 was the last action of the Thirty Years' War. While the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia...
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    surviving church building within Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic. The basilica was founded by Vratislaus I of Bohemia in 920. It is dedicated to...
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