Battle of Breslau

When

22 Nov 1757

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.12° N, 17.03° E

Description

1757 battle

1757 battle during the Third Silesian War

The Battle of Breslau was fought on 22 November 1757 in Breslau during the Third Silesian War. A Prussian army of 28,000 men fought an Austrian army of 60,000 men. The Prussians held off the Austrian attack, losing 6,000 men to the Austrians' 5,000 men. But one day later the Prussians beat a retreat. Breslau's garrison surrendered on 25 November 1757.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Seven Years' War: Battle of Breslau – An Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine defeats the Prussian army of Wilhelm of Brunswick-Bevern”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Breslau gewinnt das österreichische Heer mit Prinz Karl Alexander von Lothringen an der Spitze”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire autrichienne sur la Prusse à la bataille de Breslau ; la ville capitule le 24.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва под Бреслау”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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