Background In August 1760, Frederick’s army opposed the Austro-Russian invasion of Silesia. On August 14, a Russian army under the command of count Piotr Semionovitch Saltykov crossed the Oder and encamped at Grossbresa (unidentified location)…
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Battle of Kulm – August 1813
Background The Battle of Kulm was a battle near the town Kulm (Chlumec) and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. 32,000 French troops under Dominique Vandamme attacked an army of about 50-60,000 Austrians, Russians and Prussians under Alexander…
Battle of Kulm, August 1813
Background Following the French victory at Dresden, Vandamme pursued the retreating allies. Napoleon sent Marshals Gouvion Saint Cyr and Auguste Marmont to support Vandamme’s corps. With Vandamme in advance, Saint Cyr’s and Marmont’s corps brought up the rear. Vandamme…
Battle of Burkersdorf, 1762
Background By July 18 1762, during the Prussian campaign in Silesia, Frederick II was on the verge of launching an attack on Daun’s position when Tchernichev informed him of the fall of Peter III. The Russian contingent…
Battle of Abelsbach, 1762
Austrian center positions, looking toward Prussian right. Background At the opening of the Prussian campaign in Silesia at the beginning of July, the Austrian General Brentano could count only on part of his…
Battle of Spie, 1761
Background After escaping from the encircled fortress of Colberg (actual Kołobrzeg) at the beginning of November 1761, prince Eugen von Württemberg made a junction at Greiffenberg (actual Gryfice) with a corps under…
Battle of Palzig (1759)
Background At the end of April 1759, a large Russian army (about 70,000 men) started its advance on Brandenburg. Dohna, the commander of the small Prussian army (18,000) in this area, was…
Battle of Soor (1745)
Background The Battle of Soor (30 September 1745) was a battle between Frederick the Great’s Prussian army and an Austro-Saxon army led by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of…
Battle of Chotusitz (1742)
Background The Battle of Chotusitz, or Chotusice, sometimes called the Battle of Czaslau, was fought on May 17, 1742, in Bohemia between the Austrians under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine and the…
Combat at Moys (1757)
Prelude to the Battle In September 1757, an Austrian army, under Prince Charles of Lorraine, was following up Bevern’s Prussian army in its retreat towards Silesia. On Tuesday September 6, Prince Charles…