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1338:Background
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709:Zorndorf
687:Freiberg
632:Sackwitz
582:Rossbach
530:Grünberg
373:Lobositz
304:1 killed
268:Strength
133:Portugal
124:Location
93:Part of
1436:Ouguela
1384:Sabugal
1368:Almeida
1307:Spanish
1287:British
1118:Almeida
1030:Britain
1015:St Malo
995:Minorca
963:Almeida
939:Gollnow
758:Leuthen
753:Breslau
736:Silesia
704:Küstrin
652:Strehla
647:Dresden
642:Meissen
622:Korbitz
555:Nauheim
510:Warburg
505:Emsdorf
500:Corbach
455:Krefeld
440:Geldern
428:Teplitz
418:Olomouc
263:Unknown
47:improve
1432:Marvão
1333:Events
1264:Cavite
1259:Manila
1237:Havana
1223:Marvão
1197:Europe
1133:Marvão
978:Marvão
934:Gülzow
899:Güstow
884:Tornow
874:Anklam
869:Demmin
783:Neisse
729:Gostyn
699:Berlin
672:Döbeln
667:Torgau
485:Minden
475:Bergen
408:Holitz
388:Prague
294:8 guns
219:
194:
170:Result
36:, but
1400:Tagus
1325:into
1323:Tagus
1305:from
1203:Cádiz
1045:Cádiz
850:Memel
798:Glatz
637:Maxen
577:Pirna
540:Ölper
490:Fulda
403:Gabel
398:Kolín
222:Spain
1434:and
1378:and
1370:and
1297:and
1277:The
944:Spie
743:Moys
465:Meer
116:Date
1281:or
714:Kay
1545::
1329:.
131:,
1289:-
1175:e
1168:t
1161:v
1097::
1084:e
1077:t
1070:v
357::
344:e
337:t
330:v
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