Battle of Hohenfriedberg

Battle of Hohenfriedberg
Part of the Second Silesian War (War of Austrian Succession)

Battle of Hohenfriedberg, The Prussian infantry advance, by Carl Röchling.
Date4 June 1745
Location
Striegau, Prussian Silesia (present-day Poland)
50°57′40″N 16°20′40″E / 50.96111°N 16.34444°E / 50.96111; 16.34444
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
 Prussia Austria
 Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Frederick ll Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Strength
58,500
192 guns
62,500
122 guns
Casualties and losses
4,800 8,650 dead or wounded,
5,080 captured
180km
112miles
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Dresden
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Prague
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The Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Hohenfriedeberg (now Dobromierz, Poland), also known as the Battle of Striegau (now Strzegom, Poland) was one of Frederick the Great's most admired victories. Frederick's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine on June 4, 1745, during the Second Silesian War – part of the War of the Austrian Succession.