Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf

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Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf
Conflict: Seven Years' War
Date: August 30, 1757
Place: Gross-Jägersdorf
Outcome: Russian victory
Combatants
Prussia	Russia
Commanders
Field Marshall Hans von Lehwaldt	Field Marshall Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin
Strength
25,500 men	70-75,000 men
Casualties
4,500 men	>5,000 men
Seven Years' War: European theatre Lobositz – Reichenberg – Prague – Kolin – Hastenbeck – Gross-Jägersdorf – Moys – Rossbach – Breslau – Leuthen – Krefeld – Zorndorf – Hochkirch – Bergen – Kay – Minden – Kunersdorf – Hoyerswerda – Maxen – Meissen – Landshut – Warburg – Leignitz – Torgau – Villinghausen – Burkersdorf – Lutterberg – Freiberg

The Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf was a battle fought on August 30, 1757 during the Seven Years' War. A Prussian army of 25,500 men, led by Field-Marshall Hans von Lehwaldt, were defeated by an invading Russian army of 70,000–75,000 men, led by Field-Marshall Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin. The Prussians lost 4,500 men, the Russians lost over 5,000 men.