Battles of the Seven Years War: Austria versus Prussia

Pitched battles were the essence of the Seven Years War. Who hasn't been stirred by Frederick's extraordinary victory over the Austrian host at Leuthen, or his shattering defeat at Kolin?

You cannot understand the Seven Tears War without battles, and so we offer this first of two studies of the essential actions of Frederick the Great's most important war.

Lobositz - 30 September, 1756

Prague - 6 May, 1757

Kolin - 18 June, 1757

Rossbach - 5 November, 1757