The Battle Hostile_encounter of Leuthen was fought Hostile_encounter on 5 December 1757 , at which Frederick the Great 's Prussian army used Using maneuver and terrain to decisively defeat Hostile_encounter a much larger Austrian force commanded Control by Prince Charles of Lorraine and Count Leopold Joseph von Daun .

By exploiting the training Education_teaching of his troops and his superior knowledge of the terrain , Frederick created Creating a diversion at one end of the battlefield Hostile_encounter , and moved Motion most of his small army behind a series of low hillocks .

Within 48 hours , Frederick had laid Placing siege Besieging to Breslau , which resulted in Causation that city 's surrender Surrendering on 19–20 December .

The battle Hostile_encounter also established Creating beyond doubt Frederick 's military reputation in European circles ; it was arguably his greatest tactical victory .

The Protestant Bohemians ousted Change_of_leadership the Habsburgs and elected Choosing the Calvinist Frederick V , Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate as the new king of the Kingdom of Bohemia .

Frederick took the offer without the support of the Protestant Union .

Led by Bavaria , these states formed Coming_to_be the Catholic League to expel Removing Frederick in support of the Emperor .

A relief column of 35,000 under the aging Prince Eugene of Savoy ( accompanied by Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia ) was unsuccessful in actually relieving Cure the siege .

In this 90-minute battle Hostile_encounter , Frederick the Great , king of Prussia , defeated Conquering an Allied army composed of French forces augmented Cause_to_amalgamate by a contingent of the Reichsarmee ( Imperial Army ) of the Holy Roman Empire .

Despite overwhelming odds , Frederick employed Employment rapid movement , a flanking maneuver and oblique order Request to achieve Achieve complete Process_end surprise .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Rossbach marked Recording a turning point in the Seven Years ' War Hostile_encounter , not only for its stunning Prussian victory Getting , but because France refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to send Sending troops against Prussia again and Britain , noting Prussia 's military success Achieve , increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its financial support Supporting for Frederick .

Following the battle Hostile_encounter , Frederick immediately left Departing Rossbach and marched Self_motion for 13 days to the outskirts of Breslau .

Rossbach is considered one of Frederick 's greatest strategic masterpieces Achieve .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Cixi ( no relation to the reigning Empress at the time ) or Battle Hostile_encounter of Tzeki ( 慈溪之戰 ) was a victory Getting for Qing imperial forces Military_operation led Causation by American soldier of fortune Frederick Townsend Ward against Taiping Rebels in late Qing Dynasty China .

Leading Participation theorist Frederick Jackson Turner went Self_motion deeper , arguing Quarreling that the frontier was the defining process of American civilization : `` The frontier , '' he asserted Statement , `` promoted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the formation Coming_to_be of a composite nationality for the American people . ''

Frederick William , Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia initially supported Supporting the estates in Royal Prussia , but allied Collaboration with Sweden in return for receiving Receiving the Duchy of Prussia as a Swedish fief .

This triggered Causation Frederick III of Denmark 's invasion of the Swedish mainland in the spring of 1657 , in an attempt to settle old scores from the Torstenson War while Sweden was busy elsewhere .

Frederick III 's war on Sweden gave Giving Charles X Gustav a reason to abandon GiveUp the Polish–Lithuanian deadlock and fight Hostile_encounter Denmark instead .

After marching Self_motion his army to the west and making a dangerous crossing Motion_directional of the frozen straits in the winter of 1657/58 , he surprised Change_sentiment the unprepared Frederick III on the Danish isles and forced him into surrender Surrendering .

The elderly German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa also responded Response to the call to arms , leading a massive army across Anatolia , but he drowned Death in a river in Asia Minor on 10 June 1190 before reaching Arriving the Holy Land .

After the Crusaders had driven Influence the Muslims from Acre , Philip—in company with Frederick 's successor in command of the German crusaders , Leopold V , Duke of Austria ( known as Leopold the Virtuous ) —left the Holy Land in August 1191 .

Bruce Edwards Ivins , a scientist at the government 's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick in Frederick , Maryland , became Becoming a focus around April 4 , 2005 .

Swedish Estonia was established Creating despite constant invasion Attack from Russia , and Frederick II of Denmark bought Commerce_buy the old Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek , which he placed Placing under the control Control of his brother Magnus of Holstein .

John Brown had originally asked Request Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass , both of whom he had met in his transformative years as an abolitionist in Springfield , Massachusetts , to join him in his raid , but Tubman was prevented Preventing_or_letting by illness and Douglass declined , as he believed Brown 's plan would fail .

The harbour of St. John 's was defended Defending by a number of fortifications and gun emplacements such as Fort Amherst , Chain Rock Battery , Fort Frederick , and the large star-fort known as Fort Townshend .

In the latter stages of the combined Cause_to_amalgamate Eighty and Thirty Years ' wars Hostile_encounter that had greatly strained Spanish resources , Breda was lost Earnings_and_losses to the Dutch under Frederick Henry after a four-month siege .

However , another Austrian force of 25,000 men under the command Control of Frederick Bianchi , which had followed Murat from Tolentino , were now moving Motion to surround Surrounding the Neapolitan position .

Mary of Hungary nevertheless ordered Request Adolf of Burgundy to compose Collaboration a fleet of 45 Dutch , Spanish and Portuguese ships with 3000 sailors and 4500 troops under command Control of Frederick II , Elector Palatine .

Frederick III of Denmark saw an opportunity to recover Recovering the territories lost Earnings_and_losses in 1645 and attacked Attack Sweden .

The Siege of Grol in 1627 was a battle Hostile_encounter between the Army of the Dutch Republic commanded Control by Frederick Henry , Prince of Orange and the Spanish controlled Control fortified city of Grol ( now known as Groenlo ) , during the Eighty Years War and the Anglo–Spanish War in 1627 .

Under the naval command Control of Silvanus Cobb , the British started Process_start at the bottom of the river with raiding Attack Kennebecasis and Managoueche ( City of Saint John ) , where the British built Building Fort Frederick .

After the capture Conquering of Pärnu , Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , commander of the Lithuanian army , moved Self_motion towards Riga , which was occupied Control by the Swedes under the command Control of Joachim Frederick von Mansfeld .

In addition to being a Protestant , albeit a Calvinist , Frederick V was married Forming_relationships to Elizabeth Stuart and was thereby a son-in-law of the King of England , indisputably the most powerful Protestant monarch , and whose aid Assistance it was not unreasonable to hope for .

In September of the same year , the Protestant Union met Arriving and called Name_conferral on Frederick not to intervene in the conflict Hostile_encounter .

The Dutch Republic , Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and even the Republic of Venice – a traditional enemy of the Pope – sent Sending letters to Frederick informing Reporting him that they would not offer Supply him assistance if he accepted Receiving the Bohemian crown – but nonetheless , he did .

Arrival Arriving of General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude .

A new commander , Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude , was given Giving the job of restoring Recovering Britain 's military reputation .

The British commander , Frederick Stanley Maude , decided Deciding that , in order to avert these threats , he had to take control of the Samarrah railroad , running north of Baghdad .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Legnano was fought Hostile_encounter between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on May 29 , 1176 near the town of Legnano , in present-day Lombardy , in Italy .

The battle Hostile_encounter ended Process_end the fifth and last descent Motion_directional in Italy of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , which after the defeat Death tried to resolve Resolve_problem the Italian question by attempting the diplomatic approach Arriving .

Following the occupation of the capital Dresden by Frederick the Great on 9 September the Saxon army had withdrawn Escaping south and taken up position Temporary_stay at the fortress of Pirna under Frederick von Rutowski .

Following the occupation of the capital Dresden by Frederick the Great on 9 September the Saxon army had withdrawn Escaping south and taken up position Temporary_stay at the fortress of Pirna under Frederick von Rutowski .

On 14 October Rutowski concluded Process_end a capitulation with Frederick .