Battle of Lovosice

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The Battle of Lovosice was a 1756 engagement in the Seven Years' War in which Prussian forces under Frederick the Great fought Austrian troops near the town of Lovosice in Bohemia.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lobositz
belligerent Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
campaign Prussian 1756 campaign in Bohemia
chronologyPosition early battle of the Seven Years' War in Europe
combatantCommanderSide Frederick II of Prussia – Prussia
Maximilian Ulysses Browne – Austria
commander August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern
Christian August von Zastrow
Frederick II of Prussia
Maximilian Ulysses Browne
conflict Seven Years' War
countryAtTime Habsburg Monarchy
date 1 October 1756
followedBy Battle of Prague (1757)
geographicalFeature Elbe River valley
linked to: Elbe valley

hilly terrain around Lovosice
hasCasualties Austrian casualties about 2,900
Prussian casualties about 2,900
historicalEra 18th century
involvedForce Austrian Army
Prussian Army
location Bohemia
Kingdom of Bohemia
Lovosice
notableFeature first major land battle of the Seven Years' War in Europe
partOf Third Silesian War
precededBy Prussian invasion of Saxony (1756)
region present-day Czech Republic
result inconclusive
significance demonstrated difficulty of decisive victory in early Seven Years' War campaigns
strategicObjective prevent Austrian relief of Saxony
tacticalOutcome Austrians conducted orderly withdrawal
Prussians held the field
theatre Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War
tookPlaceNear town of Lovosice
linked to: Lovosice
usedTactics cavalry charges
linear infantry tactics
usedWeaponType artillery
muskets
year 1756

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Battle of Lobositz alsoKnownAs Battle of Lovosice