Battle of Hochkirch

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Battle of Hochkirch
Part of the Seven Years' War
Date October 14, 1758
Location Hochkirch, Saxony
Result Austrian victory
Combatants
Flag of Prussia Prussia Austria
Commanders
Frederick the Great Marshal Leopold Josef Graf Daun
Strength
31,000 men 80,000 men
Casualties
>9,000 men 8,300 men
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Seven Years' War:

European theatre
Minorca – Lobositz – Reichenberg – Prague – Kolín – Hastenbeck – Gross-Jägersdorf – Moys – Rossbach – Breslau – Leuthen – Krefeld – Domstadtl – Zorndorf – Tornow – Hochkirch – Bergen – Kay – Minden – Kunersdorf – Hoyerswerda – Maxen – Meissen – Landeshut – Emsdorf - Warburg – Liegnitz – Kloster Kampen – Torgau – Villinghausen – Kolberg – Wilhelmstahl - Burkersdorf – Lutterberg – Freiberg

The Battle of Hochkirch was a battle fought on October 14, 1758 during the Seven Years' War. The battle took place around Hochkirch, which is 9 km east of Bautzen, Saxony.

A Prussian army of 31,000 men was defeated by an Austrian army of 80,000 men. The Prussians lost over 9,000 men, the Austrians 8,300. It was one of Frederick the Great's three worst defeats in battle, along with Kunersdorf and Kolin. Ironically, the defeat was brought about by the Austrian Marshal Daun's use of a variation on Frederick's own oblique order of attack. Frederick's army was deployed facing east, with its right flank in front of the village of Hochkirch. By use of a secret overnight march (camisado), Daun fell upon Frederick's right, and in heavy fighting drove the Prussians off Hochkirch hill, forcing them to retreat.

  • Battle of Hochkirch - Chapter 14 of Thomas Carlyle's History of Friedrich II. (accessed 13 June 2005)
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