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 12
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