During an early battle in this conflict, the winning side's king abandoned his troops on the advice of his field marshal Count Schwerin when he thought the battle was lost.
During an early battle in this conflict, the winning side's king abandoned his troops on the advice of his field marshal Count Schwerin when he thought the battle was lost. This was the last major European conflict fought before the "reversal of alliances" in the Diplomatic Revolution. Much of the British army was overseas fighting this war when the Second Jacobite Rising broke out. This war opened with Frederick the Great's invasion of the province of Silesia, and was sparked by claims that Charles VI's successor was illegitimate due to her being a woman. For 10 points, name this conflict nominally fought over whether Maria Theresa could succeed to the throne of a Central European country.
During an early battle in this conflict, the winning side's king abandoned his troops on the advice of his field marshal Count Schwerin when he thought the battle was lost.
War of the Austrian Succession [prompt on any of the Silesian Wars; do not accept King George's War, Carnatic Wars, or any non-European theaters of the War of the Austrian Succession since none of the clues apply to any of them]