Battle of Leuthen

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The Battle of Leuthen was a decisive 1757 victory of Frederick the Great’s Prussian army over a much larger Austrian force, renowned as a classic example of oblique-order tactics and one of his greatest military triumphs.

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Battle of Leuthen canonical 13
Leuthen 3
Prussian Silesian campaign of 1757 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Schlacht bei Leuthen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen
artilleryUse concentrated Prussian artillery on the decisive flank ⓘ
associatedWith Frederick the Great's reputation as a military genius ⓘ
Prussian military reforms ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Army
belligerent Austria ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
campaign Prussian Silesian campaign of 1757 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen
casualtiesAustria heavy casualties including many prisoners ⓘ
casualtiesPrussia several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
cavalryRole Prussian cavalry exploited the broken Austrian flank ⓘ
combatantStrengthAustria approximately 60,000–65,000 soldiers ⓘ
combatantStrengthPrussia approximately 36,000 soldiers ⓘ
commander Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ⓘ
Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
Frederick the Great ⓘ
Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine ⓘ
commemoratedBy Prussian and German military histories ⓘ
monuments near Lutynia ⓘ
conflictOf Seven Years' War ⓘ
date 5 December 1757 ⓘ
followedBy Prussian recapture of Silesia ⓘ
historicalReputation classic example of 18th-century linear warfare maneuver ⓘ
studied in military academies ⓘ
infantryTactics highly drilled Prussian infantry fire discipline ⓘ
influenced later Napoleonic-era operational thinking ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
location Leuthen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen

Silesia ⓘ
notableFor considered one of Frederick the Great's greatest victories ⓘ
decisive victory against a numerically superior enemy ⓘ
use of oblique-order tactics ⓘ
partOf Third Silesian War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Breslau (1757) ⓘ
presentDayLocation Lutynia, Poland ⓘ
religiousContext fought near a Protestant village against largely Catholic Austrian forces ⓘ
result Prussian victory ⓘ
strategicOutcome Austrian army driven out of Silesia ⓘ
restoration of Prussian control over most of Silesia ⓘ
tacticalFeature deception of main axis of attack ⓘ
oblique order ⓘ
refused flank ⓘ
terrain rolling open ground ⓘ
villages and churches used as strongpoints ⓘ
year 1757 ⓘ

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Seven Years' War → majorBattle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Frederick II of Prussia → battle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Battle of Leuthen → location → Leuthen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen
Battle of Leuthen → campaign → Prussian Silesian campaign of 1757 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen
Battle of Leuthen → alsoKnownAs → Schlacht bei Leuthen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen
Battle of Rossbach → followedBy → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Third Silesian War → majorBattle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Prussian Army → decisiveBattle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Lutynia, Poland → historicalName → Leuthen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen
Lutynia, Poland → notableFor → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Lutynia, Poland → hasEvent → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Lutynia, Poland → hasGermanName → Leuthen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leuthen
Battle of Breslau (1757) → followedBy → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Charles Alexander of Lorraine → notableBattle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ
Battle of Moys → followedBy → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ