Battle of Lobositz

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The Battle of Lobositz was a 1756 engagement in the early phase of the Seven Years' War in which Prussian forces under Frederick the Great fought Austrian troops near the town of Lovosice in Bohemia.

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Battle of Lobositz canonical 2
Schlacht bei Lobositz 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lovosice
Battle of Lobositz
surface form: Schlacht bei Lobositz
belligerent Austria
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
campaign Prussian invasion of Saxony and Bohemia (1756)
casualtiesAustria approximately 2,800 killed and wounded
casualtiesPrussia approximately 3,000 killed and wounded
commander Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great

Maximilian Ulysses, Count Browne
surface form: Maximilian Ulysses von Browne

Maximilian Ulysses, Count Browne
conflict Seven Years' War
countryAtTime Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
era 18th century
followedBy Battle of Prague (1757)
hasCategory 1756 in Europe
Battles involving Austria
Battles involving Prussia
Seven Years' War
surface form: Battles of the Seven Years' War
hasDate 1 October 1756
October 1, 1756
hasParticipant Imperial Austrian Army
surface form: Austrian Army

Prussian Army
hasTerrain foggy battlefield
marshy ground near the Elbe River
vineyard-covered slopes
hasYear 1756
isFirstMajorBattleOf Seven Years' War
locatedIn Bohemia
Kingdom of Bohemia
locatedInPresentDay Czech Republic
notableFor being Frederick the Great's first battle of the Seven Years' War
confused fighting in fog
heavy use of artillery
partOf Seven Years' War
place Lobositz
Lovosice
precededBy Prussian occupation of Saxony
result strategic Prussian victory
tactically inconclusive
riverNearby Elbe
strategicEffect prevented Austrian relief of Saxony
secured Prussian control over Saxony in 1756

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Third Silesian War majorBattle Battle of Lobositz
Battle of Lobositz alsoKnownAs Battle of Lobositz
this entity surface form: Schlacht bei Lobositz