Battle of Leuthen

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Leuthen was a decisive 1757 victory of Frederick the Great’s Prussian army over a much larger Austrian force, renowned as a classic example of oblique-order tactics and one of his greatest military triumphs.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Leuthen	3
Prussian Silesian campaign of 1757	1
Schlacht bei Leuthen	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Leuthen ⓘ surface form: Schlacht bei Leuthen
artilleryUse	concentrated Prussian artillery on the decisive flank ⓘ
associatedWith	Frederick the Great's reputation as a military genius ⓘ Prussian Army ⓘ surface form: Prussian military reforms
belligerent	Austria ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
campaign	Battle of Leuthen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prussian Silesian campaign of 1757
casualtiesAustria	heavy casualties including many prisoners ⓘ
casualtiesPrussia	several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
cavalryRole	Prussian cavalry exploited the broken Austrian flank ⓘ
combatantStrengthAustria	approximately 60,000–65,000 soldiers ⓘ
combatantStrengthPrussia	approximately 36,000 soldiers ⓘ
commander	Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ⓘ Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Frederick the Great Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Prussian and German military histories ⓘ monuments near Lutynia ⓘ
conflictOf	Seven Years' War ⓘ
date	5 December 1757 ⓘ
followedBy	Prussian recapture of Silesia ⓘ
historicalReputation	classic example of 18th-century linear warfare maneuver ⓘ studied in military academies ⓘ
infantryTactics	highly drilled Prussian infantry fire discipline ⓘ
influenced	later Napoleonic-era operational thinking ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
location	Battle of Leuthen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Leuthen Silesia ⓘ
notableFor	considered one of Frederick the Great's greatest victories ⓘ decisive victory against a numerically superior enemy ⓘ use of oblique-order tactics ⓘ
partOf	Third Silesian War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Breslau (1757) ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Lutynia, Poland ⓘ
religiousContext	fought near a Protestant village against largely Catholic Austrian forces ⓘ
result	Prussian victory ⓘ
strategicOutcome	Austrian army driven out of Silesia ⓘ restoration of Prussian control over most of Silesia ⓘ
tacticalFeature	deception of main axis of attack ⓘ oblique order ⓘ refused flank ⓘ
terrain	rolling open ground ⓘ villages and churches used as strongpoints ⓘ
year	1757 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Leuthen → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schlacht bei Leuthen

Frederick II of Prussia → battle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

Battle of Leuthen → campaign → Battle of Leuthen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prussian Silesian campaign of 1757

Prussian Army → decisiveBattle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

Battle of Breslau (1757) → followedBy → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

Battle of Rossbach → followedBy → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

Lutynia, Poland → hasEvent → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

Lutynia, Poland → hasGermanName → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leuthen

Lutynia, Poland → historicalName → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leuthen

Battle of Leuthen → location → Battle of Leuthen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leuthen

Seven Years' War → majorBattle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

Third Silesian War → majorBattle → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ

Lutynia, Poland → notableFor → Battle of Leuthen ⓘ