Battle of Hochkirch

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Battle of Hochkirch
Conflict: Seven Years' War
Date: October 14, 1758
Place: Hochkirch, Saxony
Outcome: Austrian victory
Combatants
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
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 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, Daun fell upon Frederick's right, and in heavy fighting drove the Prussians off Hochkirch hill, forcing them to retreat.

External links

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