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POTATO WAR (Kartoffelkrieg)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 204 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POTATO
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WAR (Kartoffelkrieg)  , the name given by the Prussians to the
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War of the Bavarian
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Succession in 1778-79 . The Prussians and a Saxon contingent, commanded by
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Frederick the
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Great and his
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brother
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Prince
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Henry, were opposed to two
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Austrian armies under Loudon and
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Lacy . The operations consisted almost entirely of manoeuvres which had for their
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object the obtaining or the denial to the enemy of
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food-supplies . The war thus acquired the name of Kartoffelkrieg . Its duration was from the 3rd of
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July 1778 to the
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assembly of the
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congress of
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Teschen on the loth of
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March 1779,and its
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total cost 4,350,000 and 20,000 men to all parties .

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