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Battle of Torgau
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)

Frederick the Great after Torgau, by Bernhard Rode
Date3 November 1760
Location
Süptitzer Höhen, near Torgau, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
51°34′30″N 12°55′30″E / 51.57500°N 12.92500°E / 51.57500; 12.92500
Result Prussian victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Prussia Prussia Holy Roman Empire Austria
Commanders and leaders
Frederick the Great (WIA) Leopold von Daun (WIA)
Strength
48,500
309 guns[3]
52,000
275 guns
Casualties and losses
13,120[4]-16,670[5] 11,260[4][2]-15,897[5]
Frederick the Great
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In the Battle of Torgau on 3 November 1760, King Frederick the Great's Prussian army fought an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Leopold Josef Graf Daun. The Prussians won a costly victory in one of the bloodiest battles of the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War).

  1. ^ Bond 1998, p. 22.
  2. ^ a b Nolan 2017, p. 193.
  3. ^ Duffy, Army, p 235. Duffy gives all strengths and losses.
  4. ^ a b Clodfelter 2017, p. 82.
  5. ^ a b Duffy, Military Life, p. 217

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