 Zvinhu zvakanga zvava kuita manyama amire nerongo kuPrussia zvino, vaAustria vachisundira kurwisa ivhu raidzorwa nePrussia uye uto reFrance neReichsarmee raitungamirirwa naMambo Soubise raisvika richibva kumadokero. Reichsarmee yakanga iri muunganidzwa wemauto anobva kumatunhu maduku eGermany ayo akanga akabatanidzwa pamwe chete kuti ateerere chikumbiro chaMambo Mutsvene weRoma Franz I weAustria mukurwisana naFrederick. Zvisinei, muna November naDecember 1757, mamiriro ezvinhu ose muGermany akachinja. Kutanga, Frederick akaparadza mauto aSoubise paHondo yeRossbachmusi wa 5 Mbudzi 1757 uye akabva akunda mauto eAustria aiva nesimba guru muhondo yeLeuthen musi wa 5 Zvita 1757. Rossbach ndiyo yaiva hondo bedzi pakati pevaFrench navaPrussian mukati mehondo yose. PaRossbach, vaPrussian vakarasikirwa nevarume vanenge 548 vakaurayiwa nepo uto reFranco-Reichsarmee raiva pasi paSoubise rakarasikirwa nevarume vanenge 10 000 vakaurayiwa. Frederick aigara achidana Leuthen kuti kukunda kwake kukuru, kuongorora kwakagoverwa nevakawanda panguva iyoyo sezvo Mauto eAustria aionekwa sesimba rehunyanzvi. Nokukunda uku, Frederick akazvisimbisazve somukuru mukuru wehondo muEurope uye varume vake sevarwi vaiva neunyanzvi muEurope. Zvisinei, Frederick akarasikirwa nomukana wokuparadza chose chose uto reAustria paLeuthen; kunyange zvazvo rakanga rapera simba, rakapukunyuka ndokudzokera kuBohemia. Aitarisira kuti kukunda uku kwaizoita kuti Maria Theresa agare patafura yorugare, asi Maria akanga akatsunga kuti aisazotaurirana kusvikira awanazve Silesia. Maria Theresa akavandudzawo kutonga kwevaAustria pashure peLeuthen nokutsiva mukwasha wake akanga asingagoni, Charles weLorraine, navon Daun, uyo zvino akanga ava field marshal. 