Battle of Torgau

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Torgau was a pivotal 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Frederick the Great’s Prussian army fought the Austrians in one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most tactically complex battles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Torgau canonical	3
Schlacht bei Torgau	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Torgau ⓘ surface form: Schlacht bei Torgau
belligerent	Austria ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
campaign	Saxon campaign of 1760 ⓘ
casualties	very high on both sides ⓘ
characteristic	one of the bloodiest battles of the Seven Years' War ⓘ tactically complex battle ⓘ
combatant	Austria ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
commandedBySide	Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ⓘ surface form: Austrian Army – Leopold Joseph von Daun Prussian Army ⓘ surface form: Prussian Army – Frederick the Great
commander	Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Frederick the Great Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ⓘ surface form: Leopold Joseph von Daun Prince Henry of Prussia ⓘ
conflict	Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
date	1760-11-03 ⓘ
followedBy	later operations in Saxony in 1761 ⓘ
fortification	Austrian entrenched positions ⓘ
front	European theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War
hasParticipant	Imperial Austrian Army ⓘ surface form: Austrian cavalry Austrian infantry ⓘ Prussian Army ⓘ surface form: Prussian cavalry Prussian infantry ⓘ
location	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ near Torgau ⓘ
notableFor	heavy artillery use ⓘ high command and control difficulties ⓘ
objective	Prussian attempt to dislodge Austrian army from Saxony ⓘ
opponentOf	Imperial Austrian Army ⓘ surface form: Austrian Army Prussian Army ⓘ
outcome	strategic Prussian success ⓘ
partOf	Third Silesian War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Kunersdorf ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Saxony ⓘ surface form: Saxony, Germany
relatedEvent	Battle of Hochkirch ⓘ Battle of Liegnitz ⓘ
result	Prussian victory ⓘ
significance	contributed to survival of Prussia in the Seven Years' War ⓘ helped preserve Prussia's position in Saxony ⓘ
terrain	wooded hills north of Torgau ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
usedTactic	complex double envelopment attempt by Prussians ⓘ
year	1760 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Third Silesian War → majorBattle → Battle of Torgau ⓘ

Count Leopold Joseph von Daun → notableBattle → Battle of Torgau ⓘ

subject surface form: Leopold Joseph von Daun

Battle of Torgau → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Torgau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schlacht bei Torgau

European theatre of the Seven Years' War → hasBattle → Battle of Torgau ⓘ