Battle of Moys
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| Battle of Moys | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Prussia | Austria | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Lieutenant General von Winterfeldt | Field Marshal von Daun | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000 men | 26,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| ? men | ? 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 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 Liegnitz, in Silesia, in present day Poland.
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