Battle of Moys
The Battle of Moys was fought on 7 September 1757 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). A Prussian army of 13,000 men fought an Austrian army of double their size. The Prussians were defeated and their commander killed.
| Battle of Moys | |||||||
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| Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War) | |||||||
Map of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Prussia | Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hans Karl von Winterfeldt † | Franz Leopold von Nádasdy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000 | 26,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,800 | 1,500 | ||||||
The battle was fought near Moys in Upper Lusatia, present-day Ujazd, a district of Zgorzelec in Poland.
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