The Prussian army had marched in four…

April 1757 CE

The Prussian army had marched in four columns over the mountain passes separating Saxony and Silesia from Bohemia in early spring, entering the kingdom on April 18. 

The four corps are to unite at the Bohemian capital of Prague. 

Though risky, because it exposes the Prussian army to a defeat in detail, the plan will succeed.

It is not in the nature of Frederick the Great, nor in his military strategy, simply to sit back and defend.

After having forced the surrender of Saxony in the 1756 campaign, he had spent the winter devising new plans for a defense of his small kingdom, and had begun drawing up plans for another bold stroke against Austria.

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