Battle of Breslau (1757)
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| Battle of Breslau | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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.)
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