Battle of Kay

Battle of Kay
Part of the Third Silesian War

Map of the battle of Kay
Date23 July 1759[a]
Location
Kay, Margraviate of Brandenburg
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Pyotr Saltykov Kingdom of Prussia Carl Heinrich von Wedel
Kingdom of Prussia Moritz Franz Kasimir von Wobersnow †
Kingdom of Prussia Heinrich von Manteuffel (WIA)
Strength
40,000–41,000[c] 26,000–28,000[d]
Casualties and losses
4,700–5,000[e] 6,800–8,300[f]

The Battle of Kay (German: Schlacht bei Kay), also referred to as the Battle of Sulechów, Battle of Züllichau, or Battle of Paltzig, was an engagement fought on 23 July 1759 during the Seven Years' War. It occurred near Kay (Kije) in the Neumark, now part of Poland.

General Carl Heinrich von Wedel, the commander of the Prussian army of 26,000–28,000 men, attacked a larger Russian army of 40,000–41,000 men commanded by Count Pyotr Saltykov. The Prussians lost in the region of 7,669 men; the Russians lost around 4,804. After the battle, King Frederick II of Prussia was determined to force the Russians into a decisive engagement in order to prevent them joining up with the main Austrian army. Three weeks later, the Prussians met the combined Russian-Austrian army at Kunersdorf.


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  1. ^ a b c d Arsenyev & Petrushevsky 1903.
  2. ^ a b c d Clodfelter 2017, p. 81.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Dowling was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Zweguintzow 1967, p. 137.