Battle of Chotusitz
| Battle of Chotusitz | |||||||
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| Part of First Silesian War and War of the Austrian Succession | |||||||
"Battle of Chotusitz and Czaslau" (engraving by G. P. Busch) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Austria | Prussia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Charles of Lorraine Karl Josef Batthyány Von Daun Liechtenstein |
Frederick the Great Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau von Buddenbrock von Waldow | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 25,000 to 30,000 | 25,000 to 28,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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5,100 to 7,000 dead or wounded or missing; 1,200 prisoners | 4,900 to 7,000 dead, wounded or missing | ||||||
The Battle of Chotusitz, took place on 17 May 1742, in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, during the First Silesian War, part of the wider War of the Austrian Succession. Led by Charles of Lorraine, an Imperial force of around 25,000 men was advancing against French-occupied Prague, when it ran into a Prussian army of roughly equal size, commanded by Frederick the Great. Casualties were heavy on both sides, and the battle had little impact on the war in general, but is generally considered a Prussian victory.
The war ended with the Treaty of Breslau in June 1742, allowing Austria to recapture Prague in December. Hostilities resumed in 1744 with the outbreak of the Second Silesian War.