Battle of Moys
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| Battle of Moys | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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 Prussia |
 Austria |
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| Hans Karl von Winterfeldt | Leopold Josef Graf Daun | ||||||
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| 13,000 men | 26,000 men | ||||||
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| ? men | ? men | ||||||
The Battle of Moys was a battle fought on September 7, 1757 during the Seven Years' War. A Prussian army of 13,000 men fought an Austrian army of double their size. The entire Prussian corps surrendered to the Austrians. The battle was fought near Görlitz, in Upper Lusatia, present-day Zgorzelec in Poland.
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