Battle of Kesselsdorf

The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on 15 December 1745, between the Kingdom of Prussia and the combined forces of the Archduchy of Austria and the Electorate of Saxony during the part of the War of the Austrian Succession known as the Second Silesian War. The Prussians were led by Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, while the Austrians and Saxons were led by Field Marshal Rutowsky. The Prussians were victorious over the Royal Saxon Army and the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor.

Battle of Kesselsdorf
Part of the Second Silesian War (War of the Austrian Succession)
Date15 December 1745
Location
Kesselsdorf, near Dresden, present-day Germany
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
 Prussia  Saxony
Austria
Commanders and leaders
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Field Marshal Rutowsky
Strength
32,000
33 field guns
additional battalion guns

35,000:

  • 28,000 Saxons
  • 7,000 Austrians
  • 80 field and battalion guns
Casualties and losses

5,100:

  • 1,600 killed
  • 3,500 wounded and missing

10,500:

  • 3,800 dead and wounded
  • 6,700 captured
  • 48 cannon
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