Battle of Torgau

Battle of Torgau
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)
Frederick the Great after Torgau, by Bernhard Rode
Date 3 November 1760 Location Süptitzer Höhen, near Torgau, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire 51°34′30″N 12°55′30″E / 51.57500°N 12.92500°E / 51.57500; 12.92500 Result Prussian victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Frederick the Great (WIA)	Leopold von Daun (WIA)
Strength
48,500 309 guns[3]	52,000 275 guns
Casualties and losses
13,120[4]–16,670[5]	11,260[4][2]–15,897[5]

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In the Battle of Torgau on 3 November 1760, King Frederick the Great's Prussian army fought an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Leopold Josef Graf Daun. The Prussians won a costly victory in one of the bloodiest battles of the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War).