Battle of Maxen

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The Battle of Maxen was a 1759 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which an Austrian force encircled and compelled the surrender of a large Prussian corps in Saxony.

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

Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
belligerentCommander Ernst Gideon von Laudon
surface form: Ernst Gideon von Laudon for Austria

Franz Moritz von Lacy for Austria
Friedrich August von Finck (Prussia)
surface form: Friedrich August von Finck for Prussia

Leopold Josef Graf Daun (Austria)
surface form: Leopold Josef Graf Daun for Austria
campaign Western German campaign of 1759
surface form: Saxon campaign of 1759
chronology fought after the Battle of Hochkirch
combatant Imperial Austrian Army
surface form: Austrian Army

Prussian Army
combatantStrength large Prussian corps
commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon
Franz Moritz von Lacy
Friedrich August von Finck NERFINISHED
Count Leopold Joseph von Daun
surface form: Leopold Josef Graf Daun
commandingSide Ernst Gideon von Laudon
surface form: Ernst Gideon von Laudon (Austria)

Franz Moritz von Lacy (Austria)
Friedrich August von Finck (Prussia)
Leopold Josef Graf Daun (Austria)
conflict Seven Years' War
conflictType land battle
countryAtTime Electorate of Saxony
date 1759-11-20
encircled Prussian corps
followedBy Battle of Meissen (1759)
historicalPeriod 18th century
isPartOf history of Saxony
military history of Austria
military history of Prussia
location Electorate of Saxony
Maxen
Saxony
notableFor complete defeat of a detached Prussian corps
successful Austrian encirclement maneuver
opponent Austria
Prussia
outcome Prussian corps compelled to surrender
partOf Third Silesian War
precededBy Battle of Kunersdorf
presentDayLocation Germany
result Austrian victory
strategicContext Prussian operations in Saxony
surrenderedForce Prussian corps under Finck
theatre European theatre of the Seven Years' War
surface form: Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War
year 1759

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Count Leopold Joseph von Daun notableBattle Battle of Maxen
subject surface form: Leopold Joseph von Daun
Daun notableBattle Battle of Maxen
subject surface form: Leopold Joseph von Daun