Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te rangimarie i mua i te Pakanga o nga Tau e whitu, i uru ia ki te whakatinana i tetahi mahere whanui mo te whakahoutanga o te ope a Austria, na ona kaha i whakatuhia te Theresian Military Academy i Wiener-Neustadt i te 1751. I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuatoru o Silesian, kaore ia i kaha ki te mahi i nga kaupapa tuatahi o te pakanga, engari i te tau 1757 i whakanohoia ia ki te upoko o te ope i whakaarahia hei whakaora i Prague. I te 18 o Hune 1757 i hinga a Daun i a Frederick mo te wa tuatahi i roto i tana umanga i te pakanga nui o Kolin. Hei whakamaharatanga ki tenei mahi nui, i whakatūria e te kuini he tikanga hōia e mau ana i tōna ingoa, ā, i whakawhiwhia a Daun ki te Karahipi Nui tuatahi o taua tikanga. Ko te whakakotahitanga o te ope whakaora me nga ope o Prince Charles i Prague i whakaheke i a Daun ki te tuunga tuarua o te rangatira, a, i roto i taua kaha, i uru ia ki te whai i nga Prussians me te wikitoria o
Ko Breslau.