Question: What caused the Russians based in Memel to be successful deeper into Prussia?
Answer: defeated a smaller Prussian force

Question: What was Frederick's response to the Russian invasion?
Answer: he was now forced to withdraw further into Prussian-controlled territory

Question: What additional country felt emboldened to invade Prussia?
Answer: Sweden

Question: What were reasons that the late 1757 time frame looked bad for Prussia?
Answer: the Austrians mobilising to attack Prussian-controlled soil and a French army under Soubise approaching from the west

Question: What was the initial result of the French invasion?
Answer: Frederick devastated Prince Soubise's French force at the Battle of Rossbach on 5 November 1757

Question: What was the result of the Austrian invasion?
Answer: then routed a vastly superior Austrian force at the Battle of Leuthen on 5 December 1757

Question: Name the four opponents of Prussia.
Answer: (France from the West, Austria from the South, Russia from the East and Sweden from the North)

Question: What German areas were beginning to oppose Prussia?
Answer: a number of smaller German states such as Bavaria had been established under Austrian leadership

Question: What Hanoverian leader lost the Battle of Hastenbeck?
Answer: Cumberland

Question: What country won the battle at Hanover?
Answer: French

Question: How would one describe the future participation of Hanover?
Answer: Convention removed Hanover and Brunswick from the war

Question: How did Frederick respond to the defeat at Hanover?
Answer: Frederick sent urgent requests to Britain for more substantial assistance

Question: Why did Ferdinand feel comfortable withdrawing troops from the eastern front?
Answer: Calculating that no further Russian advance was likely until 1758

Question: What was the result of Prussian resistance to Sweden?
Answer: the Prussian army drove the Swedes back, occupied most of Swedish Pomerania

Question: What area of Sweden was occupied by Prussia?
Answer: occupied most of Swedish Pomerania

Question: What favorable developments occurred for Prussia in Hanover?
Answer: Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, regrouped his army and launched a series of offensives that drove the French back across the River Rhine.

Question: What political development shaped the policy of the British?
Answer: successive governments led by Newcastle and Pitt had fallen. In August 1757, the two men agreed to a political partnership and formed a coalition

Question: What Hungarian general humiliated the Prussians?
Answer: Count András Hadik

Question: What city did Hadik occupy?
Answer: occupied part of their capital, Berlin, for one night

Question: How was Berlin spared?
Answer: city was spared for a negotiated ransom of 200,000 thalers

Question: How did Hadik respond to the Frederick force?
Answer: Hadik, however, left the city with his Hussars and safely reached the Austrian lines

Question: What was Frederick's response to the occupation by Hadik?
Answer: he immediately sent a larger force to free the city

Question: Where did Frederick invade in 1758
Answer: Frederick launched an invasion of Moravia

Question: What city did Frederick lay siege to?
Answer: Olmütz

Question: What turned the battle for Olmutz against Frederick?
Answer: Austrian victory at the Battle of Domstadtl that wiped out a supply convoy destined for Olmütz,

Question: How did Frederick respond to the loss of a supply convoy?
Answer: Frederick broke off the siege and withdrew from Moravia.

Question: What was the annual financial commitment by Britain to Frederick?
Answer: an annual subsidy of £670,000

Question: How did Britain assist the defense of Hanover?
Answer: Britain also dispatched 9,000 troops to reinforce Ferdinand's Hanoverian army

Question: What caused alarm in France?
Answer: re-captured the port of Emden in March 1758 before crossing the Rhine with his own forces

Question: Who did Ferdinand repel from Ha nover?
Answer: the French

Question: Did Ferdinand permanently occupy France?
Answer: he was compelled by the successful manoeuvering of larger French forces to withdraw across the Rhine

Question: How did Frederick respond to the Russian occupation of east Prussia?
Answer: marched to counter it.

Question: How large a force did Frederick send against the occupying Russians?
Answer: 35,000 men

Question: How many Russians were in defense?
Answer: Russian army of 43,000

Question: Which army withdrew?
Answer: the Russians withdrew

Question: What country was Prussia fighting on another front?
Answer: Swedish

Question: What Austrian General surprised the Prussian at Hochkirch?
Answer: Marshal Daun

Question: What was the major loss for Prussia at Hochkirch?
Answer: lost much of his artillery

Question: Why was Frederick able to retreat successfully?
Answer: retreated in good order, helped by dense woods

Question: What was the result of the victory for the Austrians?
Answer: The Austrians had ultimately made little progress in the campaign in Saxony despite Hochkirch and had failed to achieve a decisive breakthrough

Question: How did the Austrian troops spend the winter?
Answer: , Daun's troops were forced to withdraw to Austrian territory for the winter

Question: How did the Prussian army perform in 1759/
Answer: 1759 saw several Prussian defeats

Question: How would one characterize the encounter with the Russian army in 1757?
Answer: 47,000 Russians defeated 26,000 Prussians

Question: What was the result of the Battle of Maxen?
Answer: Austrian general Daun forced the surrender of an entire Prussian corps of 13,000

Question: What happened at Minden in 1757?
Answer: the Hanoverians defeated an army of 60,000 French

Question: What happened to Frederick's army at the Battle at Kunersdorf?
Answer: Frederick himself lost half his army

Question: Where was the planned invasion of Britain by France?
Answer: near the mouth of the Loire

Question: How did the French plan to transport their troops to Britain for the invasion?
Answer: their Brest and Toulon fleets

Question: What happened to the French Mediterranean fleet?
Answer: the Mediterranean fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran was scattered by a larger British fleet

Question: What happened to the French Brest fleet?
Answer: caught the French Brest fleet with 21 ships of the line under Marshal de Conflans and sank, captured, or forced many of them aground

Question: With the loss of the two fleets, how did the French get their troops to Britain for the invasion?
Answer: putting an end to the French plans.

Question: Identify a success of the Austrians?
Answer: the Austrians, under the command of General Laudon, captured Glatz

Question: Where is Glatz
Answer: Glatz (now Kłodzko, Poland) in Silesia

Question: What was outstanding about Frederick's victory in the Battle of Liegnitz?
Answer: outnumbered three to one

Question: Why was Frederick's defeat of Daun so costly?
Answer: he suffered very heavy casualties, and the Austrians retreated in good order.

Question: Who led the Russian occupation of Berlin?
Answer: General Saltykov

Question: Identify a new country that joined the war in 1762?
Answer: Spain

Question: Identify a second new country that joined the war in 1762?
Answer: Portugal

Question: What city was captured in the first Spain-Portugal conflict?
Answer: . Spain, aided by the French, launched an invasion of Portugal and succeeded in capturing Almeida

Question: Was Portugal on the side of France or Britain?
Answer: Portugal followed by joining the war on Britain's side

Question: Britain sent troops to aid Portugal.  What was the result?
Answer: the Anglo-Portuguese army, aided by guerrillas and practicing a scorched earth strategy, chased the greatly reduced Franco-Spanish army back to Spain

Question: How did the Prussians slow the advance of the Russians?
Answer: the Prussian army launched several successful raids against them