Noticia de hum successo acontecido na Alemanha, Na qual se referem as acçoens mais celebres, que alli tem acontecido, especialmente se da noticia da grande Batalha, que junto a cidade de Praga se deu Entre os Exercitos Austriaco, e Prussiano, com todas as circunstancias alli acontecidas; com o numero dos mortos, feridos, e prisioneiros; e o nome dos principaes Generaes, que nella se acharão, e morrerão. Escrito, e tirado das noticias mais veridicas.

[Colophon] Lisbon, Na Offic. junto a S. Bento de Xabregas, 1757.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, stitched (splitting at fold). Caption title. Light browning. In very good condition. 8 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. At the Battle of Prague (capital of Bohemia) on May 6, 1757, Frederick II of Prussia defeated the Austrians under Charles of Lorraine, but suffered too many casualties to attack the city itself, and settled in to besiege it. This account describes the difficulties the Austrians were having with supplies (pp. 6-7), as well as giving the number of combatants, number of casualties, losses of artillery, a summary of the lines of battle and tactics for the Battle of Prague, and a brief description of the celebrations decreed by Frederick after the victory. Unlike most accounts of this sort, the author seems to have gathered numbers from several sources and considered which were likely to be most accurate (pp. 4-5).Soon after the Battle of Prague, the Austrians sent a relief force under Graf von Daun that defeated Frederick's army at the Battle of Kolin (June 18). It was Frederick's first defeat in the Seven Years' War, and forced him to raise the siege of Prague and abandon his intended march on Vienna. The Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763, was waged in Europe, North America (where it began in 1754, and is known as the French and Indian War), Central and South America, West Africa, India (the Third Carnatic War), and the Philippines. Prussia, Great Britain, and (from 1761) Portugal were allied against France, Austria, Spain (from 1761), Russia (until 1762), Sweden (1757-1762), Saxony, and the Mughal Empire (from 1757). Aside from venting the ongoing antagonism amongst the Bourbons, Habsburgs, and Hohenzollerns, the countries were battling for overseas colonies and commercial superiority. As a result of the war, Great Britain annexed Canada, much North American territory west of the Alleghenies, and Florida, and became dominant in the Indian subcontinent. France transferred Louisiana to Spain. Prussia gained influence at the expense of the Holy Roman Empire, which is often considered to be the starting point for the rise of the modern German state. Removal of the French threat to the thirteen North American Colonies, and British attempts to obtain revenues from these colonies to compensate for wartime expenditures were major factors in the movement for Independence culminating in the American Revolution.*** Coimbra, Miscelâneas 1111, 1248, 7815. Not in Innocêncio or Fonseca, Pseudónimos. Porbase locates four copies, all at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc repeats the copy at Cambridge University only.