In 1787 he was authorized to raise a patriotic legion to help the Dutch against the Stadtholder William IV and his Prussian allies.

Abandoned by their Prussian allies, Polish pro-constitution forces, faced with Targowica units and the regular Russian army, were defeated.

Unable to control their Prussian ally Frederick the Great who attacked Austria in 1756, Britain honoured its commitment to the Prussians and forged the Anglo-Prussian alliance.

Following the short-lived return of Napoleon, his reign was finally ended following his defeat against Great Britain and their Prussian allies in the Waterloo Campaign.

If the Russians managed to cross the Alle river at Friedland, they could then move closer to their Prussian allies, who were based in Königsberg.

The Saxon-Austrian Pact was concluded on 20 April and the King made the Prussian and Russian allies aware of it at the same time.

She was particularly disturbed by the Seven Years' War, during which Catherine observed Britain's efforts to discreetly exit the conflict and leave Russia's Prussian allies vulnerable to defeat.

Then they advanced very rapidly, due to the collapse of the defense of the forces of the stadtholder and his British, Prussian and Austrian allies.

While the Austrians were so occupied, their erstwhile Prussian allies stabbed them in the back with the 1793 Second Partition of Poland, from which Austria was entirely excluded.

The army of Russia, a Prussian ally, in particular was too far away to assist.