Frederick the Great discussion post 11

[cahn]

In our last installment, our heroes found that Henri de Catt's memoirs, a major source for current biographers of Frederick the Great, are not to be trusted!!

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Re: War of the Polish Succession

[selenak]

Superb summing up!

he is Holy Roman Emperor and Augustus III is his subject, in his capacity as Elector of Saxony. (Much like how FW is simultaneously Elector of Brandenburg and King in Prussia

And let's not forget the Hannover Georges. G1, not speaking a word of English, is both Elector of Hannover and King of Great Britain after Anne, last of the Stuart, has died.

So then the Siege of Philippsburg happens, summer of 1734. The French army is besieging the Austrian fort at Philippsburg, on the Rhine.

I think it's worth pointing out to cahn here that this was actually far more typical of how wars were conducted pre-Fritz in that century - sieges and troop movements where not much happened in terms of actual battle action. Trying to cut it each other's supply lines of, sending envoys to negotiate based on the latest improvements of one's position, that kind of thing. It's one reason why Fritz' ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK mode of warfare caught everyone by surprise in Silesia 1.

Re: War of the Polish Succession

[cahn]

Ah! Yes, thank you for pointing that out :)