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Table of Contents

Preface delete¿1

Introduction: Prelude to War delete¿3

Part I. 1756-1757: The Contest Opens

One: The Invasion of Saxony delete¿7

Two: The Battle of Lobositz delete¿15

Three: The Saxon Surrender; The End of the Campaign delete¿23

Four: Winter Interlude; Start of the 1757 Campaign delete¿29

Part II. 1757: Invasion of Austria

Five: Early Operations delete¿35

Six: The Battle of Prague delete¿49

Seven: The Siege of Prague delete¿60

Eight: Headed for Battle at Kolin delete¿74

Nine: The Battle of Kolin delete¿79

Ten: Siege of Prague Lifted; Prussians Retire from Bohemia delete¿90

Part III. 1757: Prussia in Retreat and Recovery

Eleven: The War Settles Down delete¿95

Twelve: Operations in Silesia; Preliminaries to Rossbach delete¿110

Thirteen: The Battle of ­Gross-Jägersdorf delete¿118

Fourteen: Final Preliminaries to Rossbach delete¿122

Fifteen: The Battle of Rossbach delete¿125

Sixteen: The Austrians Attempt to Reconquer Silesia delete¿137

Seventeen: Preliminaries to Leuthen delete¿151

Eighteen: The Battle of Leuthen delete¿154

Nineteen: Mopping Up After Leuthen delete¿166

Part IV. 1758: The Third Campaign

Twenty: Winter Interlude; Start of Campaign 1758 delete¿171

­Twenty-One: Frederick Invades Austria a Second Time; Siege of Olmütz delete¿176

­Twenty-Two: Frederick Retires from the Walls of Olmütz; Russian Advance on Brandenburg delete¿189

­Twenty-Three: Operations in Brandenburg Prior to Battle at Zorndorf delete¿203

­Twenty-Four: The Battle of Zorndorf delete¿209

­Twenty-Five: Prussians Follow up on Fermor; Frederick Marches for Saxony delete¿218

­Twenty-Six: Preliminaries to Battle at Hochkirch delete¿228

­Twenty-Seven: The Battle of Hochkirch delete¿235

­Twenty-Eight: Aftermath of Hochkirch; Maneuvering to the End of the Campaign delete¿247

Part V. 1759: The Fourth Campaign

­Twenty-Nine: Frontier Incursions and the Russian Threat delete¿261

Thirty: Battle at Züllichau delete¿278

­Thirty-One: Preliminaries to Kunersdorf delete¿285

­Thirty-Two: The Battle of Kunersdorf delete¿290

­Thirty-Three: The Swedes Show Their Hand delete¿297

­Thirty-Four: Allies Spring to Life delete¿301

­Thirty-Five: Maneuvering in the East; Frederick Prepares

to Move to Saxony delete¿305

­Thirty-Six: Fall of Dresden; Soltikov Departs delete¿317

­Thirty-Seven: Preliminaries to and Battle at Maxen delete¿327

Part VI. 1760: The Fifth Campaign

­Thirty-Eight: Austrian Successes in Silesia; Frederick Ruminates There delete¿349

­Thirty-Nine: Battle at Landshut and Events Up to the Siege of Dresden delete¿357

Forty: Frederick Besieges Dresden delete¿367

­Forty-One: Maneuvering in Silesia Prior to Liegnitz delete¿375

­Forty-Two: Battle at Liegnitz and Aftermath delete¿381

­Forty-Three: Preliminaries to Torgau; Allied Raid upon Berlin delete¿396

­Forty-Four: The Battle of Torgau delete¿405

­Forty-Five: Aftermath of Torgau; End of the Campaign delete¿420

Part VII. 1761: The Sixth Year

­Forty-Six: Campaign 1761 Opens with a Flourish delete¿425

­Forty-Seven: Opening Salvos in Silesia; Allied Union Realized delete¿435

­Forty-Eight: Frederick Leaves Bunzelwitz; Schweidnitz Is Captured;

End in Sight? delete¿449

­Forty-Nine: The Swedes Launch Their Last Offensive; Colberg Falls delete¿457

Part VIII. 1762: The Last Campaign

Fifty: Operations in Silesia Commence delete¿475

­Fifty-One: Battles of Burkersdorf and Reichenbach; Fall of Schweidnitz delete¿491

­Fifty-Two: The Campaign of 1762 in Saxony delete¿506

Part IX. Maps delete¿521

A list of maps appears on this page.

Chapter Notes delete¿559

Bibliography delete¿591

Index delete¿597