Battle of Lovosice

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The Battle of Lovosice was a 1756 engagement in 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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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lobositz NERFINISHED
belligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
campaign Prussian 1756 campaign in Bohemia NERFINISHED
chronologyPosition early battle of the Seven Years' War in Europe
combatantCommanderSide Frederick II of Prussia – Prussia NERFINISHED
Maximilian Ulysses Browne – Austria NERFINISHED
commander August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern NERFINISHED
Christian August von Zastrow NERFINISHED
Frederick II of Prussia NERFINISHED
Maximilian Ulysses Browne NERFINISHED
conflict Seven Years' War
countryAtTime Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
date 1 October 1756
followedBy Battle of Prague (1757) NERFINISHED
geographicalFeature Elbe River valley NERFINISHED
hilly terrain around Lovosice
hasCasualties Austrian casualties about 2,900
Prussian casualties about 2,900
historicalEra 18th century
involvedForce Austrian Army NERFINISHED
Prussian Army NERFINISHED
location Bohemia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED
Lovosice NERFINISHED
notableFeature first major land battle of the Seven Years' War in Europe
partOf Third Silesian War NERFINISHED
precededBy Prussian invasion of Saxony (1756) NERFINISHED
region present-day Czech Republic
result inconclusive
significance demonstrated difficulty of decisive victory in early Seven Years' War campaigns
strategicObjective prevent Austrian relief of Saxony
tacticalOutcome Austrians conducted orderly withdrawal
Prussians held the field
theatre Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War NERFINISHED
tookPlaceNear town of Lovosice NERFINISHED
usedTactics cavalry charges
linear infantry tactics
usedWeaponType artillery
muskets
year 1756

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Battle of Lobositz alsoKnownAs Battle of Lovosice