Battle of Kunersdorf

When

12 Aug 1759

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

52.35° N, 14.61° E

Description

1759 battle of the Seven Years' War

1759 battle of the Seven Years' War

The Battle of Kunersdorf occurred on 12 August 1759 near Kunersdorf immediately east of Frankfurt an der Oder. Part of the Third Silesian War and the wider Seven Years' War, the battle involved over 100,000 men. An Allied army commanded by Pyotr Saltykov and Ernst Gideon von Laudon that included 41,000 Russians and 18,500 Austrians defeated Frederick the Great's army of 50,900 Prussians.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Kunersdorf: Frederick the Great is rebuffed in bloody assaults, by the combined Austro–Russian army of Pyotr Saltykov and Ernst von Laudon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Friedrich II. wird in der Schlacht von Kunersdorf von österreichischen und russischen Verbänden unter der Leitung von Saltykow und dem livländischen General…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “sanglante victoire des Russes et des Autrichiens sur Frédéric II de Prusse à Künersdorf, en Brandebourg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “русско-австрийские войска разгромили прусскую армию Фридриха II при Кунерсдорфе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “七年战争：庫勒斯道夫戰役，普鲁士战败，奥地利战胜。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “七年戦争:クネルスドルフの戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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