Battle of Breslau (1757)

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Battle of Breslau
Part of the Seven Years' War
Date November 22, 1757 Location Breslau Result Austrian victory
Combatants
Prussia	Austria
Commanders
August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern	Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Strength
28,000 men	84,000 men
Casualties
6,000 men	5,000 men

Seven Years' War: European theatre
Minorca – Lobositz – Reichenberg – Prague – Kolin – Hastenbeck – Gross-Jägersdorf – Moys – Rossbach – Breslau – Leuthen – Krefeld – Domstadtl – Zorndorf – Tornow – Hochkirch – Bergen – Kay – Minden – Kunersdorf – Hoyerswerda – Maxen – Meissen – Landshut – Warburg – Liegnitz – Kloster Kampen – Torgau – Villinghausen – Kolberg – Burkersdorf – Lutterberg – Freiberg

The Battle of Breslau was a battle fought on November 22, 1757 during the Seven Years' War. A Prussian army of 28,000 men fought an Austrian army of 84,000 men. The Prussians held off the Austrian attack, losing 6,000 men to the Austrians 5,000 men. But one day later the Prussians beat a retreat. Breslau's garrison surrendered on November 25, 1757.

[edit] References

Davies, Norman & Moorhouse, Roger. Microcosm: Portait of a Central European City. Pimlico. London, 2003, pp. 206–208. ISBN 0-7126-9334-3 (with a map of the battle on page 513.)