Battle of Landeshut (1760)

Not to be confused with Battle of Landshut (1809).

Battle of Landeshut
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
Date June 23, 1760 Location Landeshut, Silesia (now Kamienna Góra, Poland) Result Decisive 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 casualties 8,000 prisoners

The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on June 23, 1760 during 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.

Bibliography

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