Battle of Maxen

Battle of Maxen
Part of Seven Years' War
Battle of Maxen
Date November 21, 1759 Location Maxen, Saxony, present-day Germany Result Austrian victory Annihilation of Prussian force
Belligerents
Austria	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Leopold Josef Graf Daun	Friedrich August von Finck
Strength
32,000	14,000
Casualties and losses
304 dead, 630 wounded	2000 dead and wounded, 11,741 captured

The Battle of Maxen (20 November 1759) was a battle at Maxen, Saxony in present-day Germany during the Seven Years' War. It resulted in surrender of Prussian corps.

The Prussian corps of 14,000 men, commanded by Friedrich August von Finck (one of Frederick the Great's generals), was sent to threaten lines of communication between the Austrian army at Dresden and Bohemia. Field Marshal Count Daun attacked and defeated isolated Finck's corps on 20 November 1759 with his army of 40,000 men. The next day (21 November) Finck decided to surrender.

References

• Rickard, J., 5 November 2000, Battle of Maxen, 20 November 1759, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_maxen.html