Battle of Moys
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| Battle of Moys | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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.gif/22px-Flag_of_Prussia_(1750).gif){kind=small} Prussia |
 Austria |
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| Hans Karl von Winterfeldt | Leopold Josef Graf Daun | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000 men | 26,000 men | ||||||
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| ? men | ? men | ||||||
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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 Görlitz, in Silesia, present-day Zgorzelec in Poland.
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