Battle of Landeshut (1760)

Battle of Landeshut
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)
Kamienna Góra, Town Hall, Stained glass
Date 23 June 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 dead or wounded 8,000 captured[1]	3,000 dead or wounded

The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on 23 June 1760 during the Third Silesian War (part of 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

Bibliography

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

Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 16°02′00″E / 50.783333°N 16.033333°E / 50.783333; 16.033333