For the siege during the War of the Austrian Succession, see Siege of Prague (1742).
Siege of Prague
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)
Date
May–June 1757
Location
Prague, Bohemia
Result
Austrian strategic victory, Prussians withdraw.
Belligerents
Prussia
Austria
Strength
40,000
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Seven Years' War: European theatre
Bohemia and Moravia
Lobositz
Reichenberg
Alt-Bunzlau
Prague
Siege of Prague
Kolín
Gabel
Holitz
Domstadtl
Olomouc
Prussian Bohemia Incursion
Teplitz
Westphalia, Hesse and Lower Saxony
Geldern
Hastenbeck
Rheinberg
Krefeld
Sandershausen
Meer
Lutterberg
Bergen
1st Münster
Minden
Fulda
2nd Münster
Corbach
Emsdorf
Warburg
Kloster Kampen
Langensalza
1st Cassel
Grünberg
Villinghausen
Ölper
Wilhelmsthal
Lutterberg (1762)
Nauheim
Amöneburg
Cassel (1762)
Electoral Saxony
Pirna
Rossbach
Sonnenstein
Hochkirch
Torgau (siege)
Wittenberg (1759)
Torgau (2nd siege)
Dresden (surrender)
Torgau (1759)
Korbitz
Hoyerswerda
Sackwitz
Maxen
Meissen
Dresden
Strehla
Torgau (3rd siege)
Wittenberg (1760)
Torgau
Döbeln
Hilbersdorf
Erbisdorf
Freiberg
Brandenburg
Berlin
Küstrin
Zorndorf
Kay
Kunersdorf
Berlin (1760)
Gostyn
Silesia
Moys
1st Schweidnitz
Breslau
Leuthen
Breslau (1759 siege)
Liegnitz
2nd Schweidnitz
Cosel (1758)
Neisse
Neustadt
Landeshut
Glatz
Breslau (1760 siege)
Liegnitz
Cosel (1760)
3rd Schweidnitz
Adelsbach
Burkersdorf
Reichenbach
4th Schweidnitz
East Prussia
Memel
Gross-Jägersdorf
Pomerania
Demmin
Anklam
Stralsund
Tornow
Fehrbellin
Kolberg (1758)
Güstow
Frisches Haff
Kolberg (1760)
Pasewalk
Kolberg (1761)
Neuensund
Green Redoubt
Gülzow
Gollnow
Spie
Neukalen
Iberian Peninsula
Almeida
Valencia de Alcántara
Vila Velha de Ródão
Marvão
Naval Operations
Fort St Philip
Minorca
Rochefort
Cartagena
Bay of Biscay
St Malo
Cherbourg
Saint Cast
Britain
Quiberon Bay
Belle Île
Cádiz
Cape Finisterre
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Silesian Wars
First
Second
Third
The siege of Prague was an unsuccessful attempt by a Prussian army led by Frederick the Great to capture the Bohemian city of Prague during the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War). It took place in May 1757 immediately after the Battle of Prague. Despite having won that battle, Frederick had lost 14,300 dead, and his severely depleted force was not strong enough to assault Prague. Instead Frederick decided to besiege the city, hoping to force it into submission through lack of supplies. 40,000 Austrian troops were trapped in the city, though they were themselves not strong enough to consider launching a sortie.[1] Frederick attempted to gain intelligence from within Prague by sending the criminal Christian Andreas Käsebier several times into the besieged city.
An Austrian army led by the Count von Daun made a sudden march to the north, threatening Frederick's lines of supply, and he was forced to break off the siege and march to attack them. Frederick was defeated at the Battle of Kolín and his force was now too weak to contemplate continuing the siege of Prague, and he was forced to withdraw from Bohemia entirely.[2] It marked a high-water mark for the Prussians, as they would never hold so advantageous a position again and most of the remainder of the war would be fought on their own territory. In spite of this the Prussians attempted another invasion of Austrian territory the following year which culminated in a failed attempt to take Olomouc.
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