In 1778 skirmishers from the Austrian army led by Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser fought at Bystrzyca Kłodzka in this brief Prussia-versus-Austria conflict. In its 1779 Treaty of Teschen settlement Austria won the Innviertel region including Ried im Innkreis. Which war was it?

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War of the Bavarian Succession. The War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–79) pitted Prussia against Austria over the fate of Bavaria's throne. It was largely fought via manoeuvre rather than pitched battle and became known as the 'Potato War' from soldiers' scavenging.