Battle of Landeshut (1760)

Battle of Landeshut (1760)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Landeshut
partof=the War of the Austrian Succession


caption=
date=June 23, 1760
place= Landeshut, Silesia
(now Kamienna Góra, Poland)
result=Austrian victory
combatant1=flagicon|Prussia|1750 Prussia
combatant2=flagicon|Holy Roman Empire Austria
commander1=General Fouqué
commander2=General von Laudon
strength1=12,000 men
strength2=28,000 men
casualties1=
casualties2=

The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on June 23, 1760 during the Seven Years' War.

A Prussian army of 12,000 men under General Fouqué fought an Austrian army of over 28,000 men under General von Loudon and suffered a defeat, with its commander taken prisoner.

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