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	Konigstein - LoveToKnow 1911
		KONIGSTEIN, a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Saxony, situated in a deep valley on the left bank of the Elbe, at the influx of the Biela, in the centre of Saxon Switzerland, 25 m.
		In 1401 it passed to the margraves of Meissen and by the treaty of Eger in 1459 it was formally ceded by Bohemia-to Saxony.
		During the Prussian invasion of Saxony in 1756 it served as a place of refuge for the King of Poland, Augustus III., as it did also in 1849, during the Dresden insurrection of May in that year, to the King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Konigstein (421 words)

	List of invasions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1912 invasion of Albania by Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro
		1716 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
		409 invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula by Suebians
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	Seven Years' War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the so-called Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, century-old enemies France, Austria and Russia formed a single alliance against Prussia.
		The Saxon and Austrian armies were unprepared, and at the Battle of Lobositz Frederick prevented the isolated Saxon army from being reinforced by an Austrian army under General von Browne.
		In the Mediterranean, the French opened the campaign against the British by an attack on Minorca; a British attempt at relief was foiled at the Battle of Minorca (for which Admiral Byng was subsequently court-martialed and executed by being shot) and the island was captured.
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	brief history of Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saxony then was Lower Saxony, corresponding of the modern German state of that name (capital Hanover).
		In 1485 Saxony was divided into the Electorate of Saxony, mainly in Thuringia (central Germany), under Ernest, son of the previous elector, and the Duchy of Saxony (Upper Saxony).
		Both Saxony and the Saxon duchies were part of the German Confederation (1815-1866) and then of the North German Confederation (1866-1871), which was annexed by Prussia to found modern Germany.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /s/saxony.html (829 words)

	2,000 years Saxony in six maps (text)
		The Germanic tribe of the Saxony was first mentioned around 150 AD from Ptolemy, the Egyptian astronomer and geographer who developed the theory that that the earth is the center of the universe, with the Sun, Moon, and stars revolving around it.
		The main part of the Prussian Province of Saxony were merged with the former independent state Anhalt (the white areas in the center of the Province of Saxony in the map 1815) and two small exclaves of Brunswick to Saxony-Anhalt.
		Saxony also got the small part of Silesia which was not given to Poland in the Yalta Conference 1945 (the white area in the eastern part of Saxony north of Goerlitz in the map 1815).
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	Seven Years' War - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		During the so-called Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, century-old enemies France, Austria and Russia formed a single alliance against Prussia.
		The Saxon and Austrian armies were unprepared, and at the Battle of Lobositz Frederick prevented the isolated Saxon army from being reinforced by an Austrian army under General von Browne.
		In the Mediterranean, the French opened the campaign against the British by an attack on Minorca; a British attempt at relief was foiled at the Battle of Minorca (for which Admiral Byng was subsequently court-martialed and executed by being shot) and the island was captured.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Seven_Years'_War (3743 words)

	2000 Jahre Sachsen in sechs Karten
		Saxony took side with Austria against Prussia in the Second Silesian War (1744-1745) and the in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763).
		Saxony did not loose land but it was degraded to state of second importance between Austria and Prussia.
		Saxony as well as Prussia were at that time strongholds of the democratic parties.
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	The Seven Years War
		Further, Britain's safety from invasion relied on friendly or neutral occupation of the North Sea ports.
		Chancellor Kaunitz, an advisor to the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, plotted with France, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony to dismember Prussia.
		Britain shifted troops from Belleisle to Portugal and the Spanish invasion was halted.
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	Spanish Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the Spanish army was soundly defeated at the Battle of Ceresole in Savoy the French were unable to seriously threaten Spanish controlled Milan, whilst suffering defeat in the north at the hands of Henry, thereby being forced to accept unfavourable terms.
		At the Battle of the Downs in 1639 a Spanish fleet carrying troops was destroyed by the Dutch navy, and the Spanish found themselves unable to adequately supply and reinforce their forces in the Netherlands.
		The Spanish Army of Flanders, which represented the finest of Spanish soldiery and leadership, faced a French invasion led by Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé in the Spanish Netherlands at Rocroi in 1643.
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	KONIGSTEIN - Online Information article about KONIGSTEIN
		Eger in 1459 it was formally ceded by Bohemia to Saxony.
		During the Prussian invasion of Saxony in 1756 it served as a place of See also:
		Poland, Augustus III., as it did also in 1849, during the Dresden insurrection of May in that year, to the King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /KHA_KRI/KONIGSTEIN.html (680 words)

	Seven Years War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The struggle was complex in its origin and involved two main distinct conflicts—the colonial rivalry between France and England and the struggle for supremacy in Germany between the house of Austria and the rising kingdom of Prussia.
		This event hastened the alliance (1756) of France and Austria, sometimes called the “diplomatic revolution.” Shortly afterward Frederick II opened hostilities by invading Saxony.
		After protracted negotiations between the war-weary powers, peace was made (Feb., 1763) among Prussia, Austria, and Saxony at Hubertusburg, and among England, France, and Spain at Paris (see Paris, Treaty of, 1763).
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	Main Page - Project SYW
		In 1756, more than 250 years ago, the major powers of Europe got entangled in a conflict now known as the Seven Year's War that was to last until 1763.
		In Europe, Maria Theresa of Austria had endeavoured intense diplomatic efforts to forge an alliance against Prussia with the goal of wresting the lost province of Silesia from the grasp of Prussia.
		Frederick II of Prussia invaded Saxony in 1756 and Bohemia in 1757.
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	The Seven Years war (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Europe, it started with another Prussian aggression: this time Frederick's invasion of Saxony, which was one of the major states in the Holy Roman Empire.
		During the War of Austrian Succession, Saxony had first been an ally of Prussia and then sided with Maria Theresa considering no doubt that the Prussians were more to be feared than the Austrians.
		The ruler of Saxony was also king of Poland, but little was expected from this side.
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	List of invasions (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	Hume, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, vol. 1 (1778): The Online ...
		In 1756, two years after the fall of the first volume, was published the second volume of my History, containing the period from the death of Charles I. till the Revolution.
		This force was an over-match for the barbarians, repelled their invasion, routed them in every engagement, and having chaced them into their ancient limits, returned in triumph to the defence of the southern provinces of the empire.
		We are not exactly informed what species of civil government the Romans on their departure had left among the Britons; but it appears probable, that the great men in the different districts assumed a kind of regal, though precarious authority; and lived in a great measure independant of each other.
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	History of Germany, The Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther
		Secreted away by the ruler of Saxony, Frederick the Wise, Luther retreated to the castle of Wartburg, where he worked on a translation of the New Testament and wrote numerous religious tracts.
		This invasion is illustrative of the French axiom that Germany must always remain divided into small, easily manipulated states.
		With the exception of the free cities and ecclesiastical states, smaller states, like Austria and Prussia, were governed by a hereditary monarch who ruled either with the consent or help of the nobility and with the help of an increasingly well-trained bureaucracy.
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	SYW Chronology 1756
		This island off the southern coast of Spain, garrisoned by 2800 English soldiers at Port Mahon and commanded by General Blakeney, is invaded by a 16000-man French army under the command of the Duc de Richelieu, great nephew of the famous cardinal.
		May 20 1756: The English squadron of Admiral Byng, comprising 15 ships of the line and 3 sloops, attacks the squadron of Admiral de la Galissonière comprising 12 ships of the line and 5 frigates.
		September 9 1756: The 19000-man Saxon army retreats to a prepared defensive position around the town of Pirna as the King of Saxony protests Saxony’s neutrality to no avail.
	www.sevenyearswarassociation.com /Reference/SYWChron1756.html (628 words)

	A History of Europe, Chapter 11
		Tilly followed this up with an invasion of Saxony itself, arguing that the elector of Saxony had shown his disloyalty to the emperor, by not enforcing the Edict of Restitution in his territory, and by allowing the formation of a rebel army.
		An Allied invasion of Spain failed, but since Louis was ready to declare that Philip V would never inherit the French crown, this should not have been a major obstacle to peace.
		While Maria Theresa was putting the finishing touches on her coalition he invaded Saxony, forced its surrender and announced its annexation (1756); that state would become his base of operations for most of the war.
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /europe/eu11.html (18605 words)

	Italy
		The division of the country began with the invasion of the Lombards in 568.
		It was the invasion of Italy by the French King Charles VIII in 1494 that disrupted the rule of the Medici.
		Southern Italy and Sicily had not been united since the Lombard invasion of 568, and then Sicily was detached from Romania by the Aghlabids between 827 and 878.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (10172 words)

	The Seven Years War
		The Seven Years War began in 1756 following the French invasion of the Mediterranean island of Minorca, then a British possession, and the Prussian invasion of Saxony.
		Quebec was considered the greatest fortification in North America and it was well known that any invasion force would have to capture the city before the onset of winter, when the St. Lawrence would freeze and any invasion fleet would be trapped and annihilated.
		This recognition is evident in a representative strategy document prepared in 1756 by the Ministry of War, which planned for no near-term initiatives in America, where the French posture was seen as necessarily “defensive,” because of England’s ability to attack there on several fronts.
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	Maurice, Comte de Saxe, Marshal of France by LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
		The illegitimate son of the elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (later also King Augustus II of Poland), young Maurice was sent by his father to serve under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the French in Flanders in 1709-10.
		Although the British had not yet become involved in the conflict, the French king Louis XV in January 1744 made Saxe commander of a force that was to invade Great Britain on behalf of Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, the Stuart claimant to the British throne.
		The project was dropped after a storm shattered Saxe's invasion fleet at Dunkirk in March.
	www.wga.hu /html/l/la_tour/maurice/com_saxe.html (478 words)

	Seven Years War
		Countless marches and maneuvers in the battles of Pirna, Prague, Kolin, Rossbach, Leuthen, Zorndorf, Kunersdorf and Minden and the equilibrium of forces in 18th-century warfare is a source for study of military history.
		On August 29, 1756 the Saxon frontier was crossed and the surprised Saxon army of 14,000 fell back to the entrenched camp of Pirna, an almost inaccesible plateau parallel to the Elbe and close to the Bohemian frontier.
		When the Seven Years War broke out with the Prussian invasion of Saxony eight years had elapsed since the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, which concluded the War of Austrian Succession.
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	Dresden: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		From 1485 until 1918 it was the residence of the dukes, then the electors, and later the kings, of Saxony.
		In the Seven Years War, Dresden was again occupied (1756) by the Prussians.
		When the Swedish invasion of Saxony occurred (1706), Bottger and his aides were removed from Dresden to protect the secret of the process.
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	CHAPTER IX
		In March, 1756, he informed the Russian Court that France was prepared to enter into an offensive Coalition against Prussia, and enquired whether, in the case of Russia intending to join it, the Tsarina's troops would perhaps be able to march even before the year (1756) was out.
		For all this, the King was anxious to conquer, in addition to Saxony, the territory of the Bishop of Hildesheim and, in general, to secularise the ecclesiastical States of northern Germany.
		The whole of Saxony was occupied by Austrian and Imperial troops, together with the adjacent old Prussian territory of Halle, a wealthy district, where large contributions were raised.
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	Franz Mehring: Absolutism and Revolution in Germany (Part 2c)
		His sudden invasion of Saxony and his ruthless battering of that country also appears to be an infamous breach of the peace.
		In any case, his plan to force his nearest and most dangerous opponents, Saxony and Austria, to sue for a lasting peace by stunning them with a series of rapid blows, thus overcame the first obstacle that the Saxons could concentrate their troops at the last moment on the clifftop camp at Pirna.
		His plan of campaign for 1756 was primarily invalidated because the Saxon army succeeded, by the skin of its teeth, in concentrating on the clifftop camp at Pirna [60], so that Frederick had to waste a lot of very valuable time starving them out.
	www.marxists.org /archive/mehring/1910/absrev/ch02c.htm (8843 words)

	Seven Years War (1756-1763)
		The fighting started with Frederick II of Prussia's invasion and defeat of Saxony (August-October 1756), although the main conflict did not start until the following year.
		In January 1757 the Holy Roman Empire, led by Maria Theresa of Habsburg, empress of Austria (although her husband Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor), declared war on Prussia, who now found herself surrounded by enemies, with much greater populations and resources.
		September saw the capture of Quebec from the French, and 20 November the naval battle of Quiberon Bay (Brittany), the defeat of a French fleet intended for an invasion of Scotland.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/wars_sevenyears.html (858 words)

	[ information-center.be \| Ferdinand_of_Brunswick Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He took part in the Second Silesian War before leading part of the invasion of Saxony and Bohemia during the Seven Years' War in 1756.
		In the first campaign of the Seven Years War Ferdinand commanded one of the Prussian columns which converged upon Dresden, and in the operations which led up to the surrender of the Saxon army at Pirna (1756), and at the Battle of Lobositz, he led the right wing of the Prussian infantry.
		In 1757 he was present, and distinguished himself, at Prague, and he served also in the campaign of Rossbach.
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	Notes to PRINCIPLES OF WAR
		It was especially during the latter war, when Prussia, allied with England, had to fight the superior alliance of Austria, France, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony, that Frederick proved his unusual skill and audacity as a military leader.
		During the Seven Years' War, Prussia found herself surrounded by enemies: Saxony and Austria to the south, France to the west, Sweden to the north, and Russia to the east.
		His invasion of Bohemia in 1757 was checked by the Austrians at KOLIN (see note 14) and he had to fall back upon his own terri- tories.
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	Saxony Columns 1756
		Frederick the Great began the Seven Years War in August 1756 with an invasion of saxony.
		The Prussian forces which entered Saxony in late August and early September consisted of 69 (or 70?) battalions, 101 squadrons, and 222 battalion and field guns.
		Colonne) combined to form GB Puttkamer once inside Saxony, this made the army up to 70 battalions.
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	The History Guy: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
		The D in D-Day simply means "Day." It is used to signify the day of an invasion or attack against enemy forces.
		Communications over the radio are often difficult to hear due to static, etc., and these redundant terms are used to ensure that everyone understands their orders.
		In Europe, Prussia invaded Saxony in 1756, which kicked off the European side of the fighting.
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