; In mid-February, the Spanish government officially declared war on Britain to the international community, and Gibraltar had been besieged by Spanish naval and land forces for nearly a month.
The British government strongly condemned the Spanish acts of war, and in response, the British government immediately declared war on Spain, and at the same time, Britain and Spain began to enlist their allies in the hope of building up their own momentum in a short time.
Immediately after Spain declared war on Britain, Louis XVI summoned the British ambassador at the Palace of Versailles, and he formally decided to declare war on the British government on behalf of the French royal family and government.
The British were completely caught off guard by their actions, and according to the British government's estimates, their war with the French would not take place until after spring at the earliest, after all, it was still winter, and the weather in Western Europe was naturally not as pleasant as that of the Ilibic Peninsula.
More than 20,000 British volunteers and more than 10,000 Calais rebels lost half of the outer territories in the Calais region except the main city in just one day under the rapid attack of Napoleon's nearly 60,000 troops.
After France declared war on Britain, the British side was obviously anxious, and Portugal and the United Provincial Republic of the Netherlands also declared war on France and Spain under the coercion and inducement of the British.
Originally, the British Parliament intended to delay Prussia's request for aid, but in the unfavorable circumstances of the war in Calais, the British Parliament passed the aid proposal for Prussia in the shortest possible time.
King George III even wrote a letter to William himself.
In his heart, the British king tactfully proposed to William that Prussia would declare war on France and Spain as soon as possible.
At the same time, the British king, on behalf of the British government, hoped that Prussia would send a navy to the English Channel to cooperate with the British fleet in blockading the French ports.
As the smoke of gunfire rose on the European continent, there were also some changes in the Austrian troops deployed on the Austro-Prussian front. in Vienna.
There were many calls to take advantage of this opportunity to declare war on Prussia, and Leopold II was clearly moved.
In this environment, Bavaria's Itansi also had a different mind.
As the third largest prince in the Holy Roman Empire, Bavaria's movements undoubtedly attracted the attention of everyone in the empire, although in the Austro-Prussian War, Itans, who was originally just a general, ascended to the position of Elector of Bavaria with the support of Prussia, but this does not mean that Itans is willing to become a puppet of others.
Prussia's infiltration of the Bavarian government in recent years has long caused Itans to forget about Prussia's former kindness, which is of course the common denominator of every king.
However, compared to Prussia.
Bavaria is still weak, but now with Austria and Spain pulling together, Itans feels that maybe he has a better option.
Bavaria is located to the west of Austria, and the Main River valley is located just north of Bavaria, which means that once Prussia occupies Bavaria, there will be no buffer zone between Prussia and Bavaria, which makes Itans very insecure.
Previously, Itanth had maintained a neutral stance.
But he had been keeping an eye on the war in the Main, and now the war between Spain and the English had caused a series of after-effects, which had caused Itans's mind to deviate from its original course.
After Spain officially declared war on Britain, Itans ordered the Bavarian army to be put into combat readiness, although this order is currently being given to several units of Etansi as his confidants.
The envoy of the Austrian government and Itans had already communicated several times in private.
The Austrians wanted their troops to be able to reach the Main River through Bavaria, and the Austrians asked Itans to send a certain number of troops to the western border of Bohemia.
For this reason, the Austrians made a very attractive offer for Itansi, that is, to upgrade Bavaria to a kingdom, and Leopold II also hinted that a close relative of Itans could be re-elevated to the Elector of the Empire.
Of course, if Bavaria helped Austria against Prussia, then including the eastern part of the Main River basin, as well as the western part of Bohemia, would become the territory of the future Kingdom of Bavaria.
Princes who do not want to be kings are not good princes.
Consider that there are only two monarchs in the empire at present, and once Bavaria becomes a kingdom, there is no doubt that he Itans will become the rightful king.
Eventually, after Austria's diplomatic efforts, Itans secretly formed an alliance with Austria, but the timetable for the war against Prussia meant to wait until after the beginning of spring, that is, in March and April.
Austria did not insist on this, but Itans readily agreed to the loan, saying that the Austrian army could send an army of no more than 10,000 men through Bavaria to the Main at any time.
After the agreement with Bavaria, the Austrian army was quickly mobilized, and on the border between Austria and Bohemia, an army of 9,000 men was soon selected to travel through Bavaria to the Main Valley to fight the Prussians.
But before the Austrian army could make the trip, the situation on the Main changed dramatically.
Just as Sheehan frowned and contemplated the war against the Prussian army, bad news came from the rear, three thousand Swiss mercenaries were routed in the rear by a sudden Prussian army, and this Prussian army was marching towards Bamberg without stopping after defeating the Swiss mercenaries, and the banner of this army was the Prussian 3rd Division, which was supposed to be in Coburg.
This news shook the entire Imperial Army's upper echelons, and the Imperial Army, which was already upset by the unfavorable situation of the war, was in a commotion, and the petty princes made suggestions to Sheen in the hope that they could evacuate Bamberg as soon as possible.
But Sheehan had no other way but a wry smile at all.
Retreat is easier said than done.
Not to mention the Prussian Eighteenth Division, which had formed a stalemate in front of the Imperial Army, even if the Imperial Army sacrificed part of its troops to evacuate the battlefield, the Third Division in the rear would never let the Imperial Army evacuate safely.
The back road has been blocked, and in such a situation, there is only one dead end except to desperately get a glimmer of life!
After thinking about it for a long time, Sheehan decided to inform the whole army of the presence of Prussian troops in the rear, and at the same time he also explained to all the soldiers and the current situation of the Imperial army, in other words, the Imperial army had no other way than to defeat the 18th Division on the opposite side and seize a glimmer of life.
Originally, Sheehan's idea of announcing the whole army was blocked by all the upper echelons of the Imperial Army, but Sheehan insisted on going his own way, and finally all the Imperial soldiers learned of the news.
To everyone's surprise, after Sheehan and Pan explained the pros and cons of their choice, almost all the Imperial soldiers chose to attack forward, and everyone knew that retreating was only a dead end.
And it was not for nothing that Sheehan wanted to attack, hundreds of miles west of Bohemia, and there was not a single formed Prussian army on such a vast territory.
Let's not forget that to the west of Bohemia, the Prussians had only three divisions, and now that two divisions were around Bamberg, there must have been little defense in the areas already occupied by the Prussian army.
Although the sudden appearance of the 3rd Division to the west of Bamberg made Sheehan a little disappointed in Coburg, Sheehan did not think that the Prussians would give up the attack on Coburg, after all, if Coburg still did not fall into the hands of the Prussian army, then even if the Prussian army captured Bamberg, the Prussian army would not have achieved a decisive victory in terms of overall strategy.
As for whether Coburg is lost, Sheehan doesn't think that Coburg is likely to be lost at all, after all, in such a dangerous place, it would be a god if the Prussian army could capture Coburg in a short time.
Besides, even if Coburg is lost, the Prussian army will definitely have to arrange a lot of defensive forces, which will also reduce the number of Prussian troops.
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In the next attack, the Imperial Army completely changed, even those soldiers of the Princes' Coalition who were overwhelmed and a little greedy for life and afraid of death showed the courage to see death as home, no one wants to die in shame on the way to escape, compared to dying on the road of charging as a warrior is the best choice for a warrior.
As a result, the pressure on the 18th Division was unprecedentedly great, and at the height of the battle, Buschman even personally led his own guards into battle, but fortunately, the logistical supply difficulties of the Imperial Army made the Imperial soldiers who had run out of ammunition stop the offensive for a time.
Buschmann had already received news from the Scharnhorst faction, and upon learning of this news, Buschmann knew that victory was not far from him.
But once these Imperial armies break through their own defenses, then behind them are completely unfortified Bayreuth and Ansbach, and even if these Imperial armies are directly inserted into Bohemia, then the advantage that the Prussian army has won so hard in the early stage will become a void.
Hundreds of miles west of Bohemia, the Prussian army did not leave any garrisons at all, and the local defense relied on local guards, but how could these guards be equal to regular soldiers, and the number of these guards was also very small, and they did not have the ability to conduct local battles.
"The whole army must block the attack of these enemy troops for me, and tell the whole army that the third division will arrive in four days, and then it will be the death of the enemy!"