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Title
“Let’s be as determined as he was. March on!”
Description
Battle of Prague (1757)
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1757-06-06
Scenario#
A212
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Battle Narrative
In the Battle of Prague or Battle of Štěrboholy, fought on 6 May 1757 during the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War), Frederick the Great's 64,000 Prussians forced 61,000 Austrians to retreat, but having lost 14,300 men, decided he was not strong enough to attack Prague. The battle is mentioned in the famous German ballad Lenore written in 1773 by Gottfried August Bürger.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Prussia
Austria

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