Battle of Hochkirch

When

14 Oct 1758

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.15° N, 14.57° E

Description

1758 battle of the Third Silesian War

1758 battle of the Third Silesian War

The Battle of Hochkirch took place on 14 October 1758, during the Third Silesian War. After several weeks of maneuvering for position, an Austrian army of 80,000 commanded by Lieutenant Field Marshal Leopold Josef Graf Daun surprised the Prussian army of 30,000–36,000 commanded by Frederick the Great. The Austrian army overwhelmed the Prussians and forced a general retreat.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Seven Years' War: Battle of Hochkirch: Frederick loses a hard-fought battle against the Austrians under Marshal Leopold von Daun, who besieges Dresden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Friedrich II. wird in der Schlacht bei Hochkirch von Graf von Daun besiegt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite de Frédéric II de Prusse à la bataille de Hochkirch, en Saxe”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Хохкирне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “奧地利在七年戰爭中的霍克齊戰役擊敗普魯士。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “七年戦争: ホッホキルヒの戦いでオーストリアが勝利。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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