Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen Mayu 1745, sojojin Austrian da Saxon sun mamaye Prussian Silesia amma sojojin Prussian sun dakatar da su a yakin Hohenfriedberg a ranar 4 ga Yuni. An zabi mijin Maria Theresa Francis I a matsayin Sarkin sarakuna na Roma a ranar 13 ga Satumba, kuma sojojin Frederick sun sami nasarori masu ban mamaki a Soor da Kesselsdorf
, mamaye Dresden a ranar 18 ga Disamba. Amma, Frederick ya fuskanci ƙaruwar maƙiya da kuma ƙarancin kayan aiki, musamman ma domin ya kasa samun goyon baya daga Sarauniya Elizabeth ta Rasha. Da yake fuskantar halin da ake ciki, bangarorin biyu sun amince da "yanayin da ake ciki".