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* ... that, in October 1741, [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] entered a secret [[armistice]] with [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austria]], but [[Frederick the Great]] pretended to continue fighting the '''[[First Silesian War]]''' for another two months?  <small>Source: "KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF, 9th OCTOBER, 1741: ... There shall be, nay in a sense, there hereby is, a Peace made; ... these sham-hostilities, but only sham, shall continue; and that his Majesty, wintering in Bohemia, and carrying on sham-hostilities [to the satisfaction of the French], shall pay his own expenses, and do no mischief." ({{Cite book|title=History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great|first=Thomas|last=Carlyle|authorlink=Thomas Carlyle|year=1858|volume=Book XIII|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2113}})</small>
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* ... that [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] entered a secret [[armistice]] with [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austria]] in October 1741, but [[Frederick the Great]] pretended to continue fighting the '''[[First Silesian War]]''' for another two months?  <small>Source: "KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF, 9th OCTOBER, 1741: ... There shall be, nay in a sense, there hereby is, a Peace made; ... these sham-hostilities, but only sham, shall continue; and that his Majesty, wintering in Bohemia, and carrying on sham-hostilities [to the satisfaction of the French], shall pay his own expenses, and do no mischief." ({{Cite book|title=History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great|first=Thomas|last=Carlyle|authorlink=Thomas Carlyle|year=1858|volume=Book XIII|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2113}})</small>
 
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First Silesian War

  • ... that Prussia entered a secret armistice with Austria in October 1741, but Frederick the Great pretended to continue fighting the First Silesian War for another two months? Source: "KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF, 9th OCTOBER, 1741: ... There shall be, nay in a sense, there hereby is, a Peace made; ... these sham-hostilities, but only sham, shall continue; and that his Majesty, wintering in Bohemia, and carrying on sham-hostilities [to the satisfaction of the French], shall pay his own expenses, and do no mischief." (Carlyle, Thomas (1858). History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great. Book XIII.)

Converted from a redirect by Bryanrutherford0 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:10, 19 September 2017 (UTC).