Battle of Lobositz

The Battle of Lobositz or Lovosice also Lowositz on 1 October 1756 was the opening land battle of the Third Silesian War and the wider Seven Years' War. Frederick the Great's 28,000 Prussians were prevented by 33,000 Austrians under Maximilian Ulysses Count von Browne from continuing their invasion into the rich Bohemian plain, forcing Frederick to ultimately fall back north into Saxony for the winter.

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

Lithograph of the battle
Date1 October 1756
Location
Lovosice, Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic
50°30′46″N 14°02′00″E
Result See aftermath
Belligerents
Prussia Austria
Commanders and leaders
Frederick the Great Maximilian Ulysses Browne
Strength
28,300 men
98 guns		 33,354 men
94 guns
Casualties and losses
2,906-3,300 2,984-3,291
Frederick the Great
200km
125miles
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Dresden
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Prague
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  current battle
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