ABSTRACT
The war of the Bavarian Succession, 1778-9 Frederick discerned a rough correspondence between the exhausted state of the Continent after the Seven Years War, and his own desire for rest. In so far as this document touched on international affairs, it indicated that Frederick believed that he had survived the Seven Years War, rather than won it, and that only constant preparedness would permit Prussia to exist in the same world as the genuinely first-class powers of Austria and Russia. The army from Saxony was to invade north Bohemia and come at the line of the Upper Elbe from the rear, while the royal army executed the cherished design of the sweep through Moravia towards Vienna. Henry protested against his brother's emphasis on offensive action, and in fact it is doubtful whether the Prussian army, or Frederick's physical or mental constitution, were in any way equal to the kind of effort which the king had in mind for 1779.
