Battle of Landeshut (1760)

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

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
Austria	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
General von Laudon	General Fouqué
Strength
28,000 men	12,000 men
Casualties and losses
3,000 dead or wounded	10,000 2,000 dead or wounded 8,000 captured

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.

External links

• Bitwa pod Kamienną Górą (1760 r.) - Schlacht bei Landeshut na portalu polska-org.pl (in Polish)

Bibliography

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