Battle of Breslau (1757)

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Battle of Breslau
Part of the Seven Years' War
Date November 22, 1757 Location Breslau, modern-day Poland Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria
Commanders
August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern	Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Strength
28,000 men	84,000 men
Casualties and losses
6,000 men	5,000 men

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: Portrait 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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