Battle of Landeshut (1760)

Battle of Landeshut
	Part of the Seven Years' War
	; Kamienna Góra, Town Hall, Stained glass
Date	June 23, 1760
Location	Landeshut, Silesia; (now Kamienna Góra, Poland)
Result	Austrian victory
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria
Commanders and leaders
General Fouqué	General von Laudon
Strength
12,000 men	28,000 men
Casualties and losses
	2,000 casualties ; 8,000 prisoners

The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on June 23, 1760 during the Seven Years' War.

A Prussian army of 12,000 men under General Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué fought an Austrian army of over 28,000 men under General von Loudon and suffered a defeat, with its commander taken prisoner.

References[]

↑ Szabo p.279

Bibliography[]

Szabo, Franz A.J. The Seven Years War in Europe, 1757-1763. Pearson, 2008.

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[1] Szabo p.279

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