Battle of Hoyerswerda

The Battle of Hoyerswerda was a minor encounter of September 25, 1759 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War) between Prussian and Austrian forces. Following on from the calamitous Prussian defeat at Kunersdorf in August however, this small victory for Frederick the Great, taken together with the one fashioned at Korbitz four days earlier by Friedrich August von Finck, no doubt proved a timely tonic to his fragile confidence.

Battle of Hoyerswerda
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)

Contemporary map of Hoyerswerda. Battle site is marked.
Date25 September 1759
Location
Hoyerswerda, Saxony
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Prussia Austria
Commanders and leaders
Prince Henry of Prussia General Wehla
Strength
3,000 3,000
Casualties and losses
minimal 600 dead
1,800 captured
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