Battle of Chotusitz

The Battle of Chotusitz, or Chotusice, sometimes called the Battle of Čáslav, took place on 17 May 1742, in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic; it was part of the 1740 to 1742 First Silesian War, itself a subsidiary of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.

Battle of Chotusitz
Part of First Silesian War (War of the Austrian Succession)

Battle of Chotusitz and Czaslau (engraving by G. P. Busch)
Date17 May 1742
Location
Chotusice, Bohemia
49°56′57″N 15°23′40″E
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Austria  Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Charles of Lorraine
Karl Josef Batthyány
Von Daun
Liechtenstein		 Frederick the Great
Prince Leopold
Buddenbrock
Waldow
Strength
25,000 – 30,000 25,000 – 28,000
Casualties and losses
5,100 – 7,000 dead, wounded or missing;
1,200 prisoners		 4,900 – 7,000 dead, wounded or missing
Frederick the Great
200km
125miles
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17
Dresden
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15
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Prague
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  current battle
  First Silesian War
  Second Silesian War
  Third Silesian War

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 considered a Prussian victory as they retained possession of the battlefield.

The First Silesian 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.

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