Battle of Meissen
| Battle of Meissen | |||||||
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| Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Austria |  Prussia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Philipp Levin von Beck | Christian Friedrich von Diericke (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 3,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 187 72 killed 115 wounded | 1,943 400 killed or wounded 1,543 captured | ||||||
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Seven Years' War:
European theatre
European theatre
Bohemia and Moravia
- Lobositz
- Reichenberg
- Alt-Bunzlau
- Prague
- Siege of Prague
- Kolín
- Gabel
- Holitz
- Domstadtl
- Olomouc
- Prussian Bohemia Incursion
- Teplitz
Westphalia, Hesse and Lower Saxony
- Geldern
- Hastenbeck
- Rheinberg
- Krefeld
- Sandershausen
- Meer
- Lutterberg
- Bergen
- 1st Münster
- Minden
- Fulda
- 2nd Münster
- Corbach
- Emsdorf
- Warburg
- Kloster Kampen
- Langensalza
- 1st Cassel
- Grünberg
- Villinghausen
- Ölper
- Wilhelmsthal
- Lutterberg (1762)
- Nauheim
- Amöneburg
- Cassel (1762)
Electoral Saxony
- Pirna
- Rossbach
- Sonnenstein
- Hochkirch
- Torgau (siege)
- Wittenberg (1759)
- Torgau (2nd siege)
- Dresden (surrender)
- Torgau (1759)
- Korbitz
- Hoyerswerda
- Sackwitz
- Maxen
- Meissen
- Dresden
- Strehla
- Torgau (3rd siege)
- Wittenberg (1760)
- Torgau
- Döbeln
- Hilbersdorf
- Erbisdorf
- Freiberg
Brandenburg
- Berlin
- Küstrin
- Zorndorf
- Kay
- Kunersdorf
- Berlin (1760)
- Gostyn
- Moys
- 1st Schweidnitz
- Breslau
- Leuthen
- Breslau (1759 siege)
- Liegnitz
- 2nd Schweidnitz
- Cosel (1758)
- Neisse
- Neustadt
- Landeshut
- Glatz
- Breslau (1760 siege)
- Liegnitz
- Cosel (1760)
- 3rd Schweidnitz
- Adelsbach
- Burkersdorf
- Reichenbach
- 4th Schweidnitz
East Prussia
- Memel
- Gross-Jägersdorf
- Demmin
- Anklam
- Stralsund
- Tornow
- Fehrbellin
- Kolberg (1758)
- Güstow
- Frisches Haff
- Kolberg (1760)
- Pasewalk
- Kolberg (1761)
- Neuensund
- Green Redoubt
- Gülzow
- Gollnow
- Spie
- Neukalen
Naval Operations
- Fort St Philip
- Minorca
- Rochefort
- Cartagena
- Bay of Biscay
- St Malo
- Cherbourg
- Saint Cast
- Britain
- Quiberon Bay
- Belle Île
- Cádiz
- Cape Finisterre
The Battle of Meissen (4 December 1759) was an Austrian victory over a smaller Prussian force during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). An Austrian force under the command of general Beck assaulted 3,500 Prussian troops under Diericke at Meissen, overwhelming them and driving the survivors across the Elbe. The Prussians lost 400 men in the action and 1,543 fell prisoner. Austrian losses were few, totalling only 72 killed and 115 wounded.[1] The Austrians secured an important victory, which effectively kept their ally Saxony in the war.
Footnotes
- ^ Szabo, p. 219.
References
- Szabo, Franz. The Seven Years War in Europe: 1756–1763. Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978-1-317-88696-9.
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