Battle of Kunowice

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The Battle of Kunowice was a major 1759 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which a combined Russian and Austrian army inflicted a devastating defeat on Frederick the Great’s Prussian forces near Frankfurt an der Oder.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement of the Seven Years' War
alsoKnownAs Battle of Kunersdorf
belligerent Austria
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire
casualties heavy Austrian casualties
heavy Prussian casualties
heavy Russian casualties
commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon
Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great

Pyotr Saltykov
commandStructure Austrian contingent under Ernst Gideon von Laudon
Russian forces under Pyotr Saltykov
conflict Seven Years' War
country Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
date 1759
era 18th century
followedBy continued Prussian defensive operations in the Seven Years' War
historicalRegion Neumark region
surface form: Neumark
involvedForce Prussian army under Frederick II
combined Russian and Austrian army
location Brandenburg
near Frankfurt an der Oder
near Kunowice
modernCountryLocation Poland
near Oder River
notableFor encirclement and near-destruction of the Prussian army
high proportion of casualties relative to forces engaged
intense artillery bombardment
opponentOf Austria
Prussia
Russia
partOf Third Silesian War
precededBy Russian advance into Brandenburg in 1759
primaryOpponentCommander Frederick II of Prussia
result Prussian defeat
decisive Russian–Austrian victory
significance major battle on the Eastern Front of the Seven Years' War
one of Frederick the Great's worst defeats
strategicConsequence raised hopes among the anti-Prussian coalition of defeating Frederick II
temporarily crippled the Prussian army in the east
theater European theatre of the Seven Years' War
surface form: European theater of the Seven Years' War
tookPlaceIn Central Europe
year 1759

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Battle of Kunersdorf alsoKnownAs Battle of Kunowice