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Battle of Hoyerswerda | |||||||
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Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War) | |||||||
![]() Contemporary map of Hoyerswerda. Battle site is marked. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Prince Henry of Prussia | General Wehla | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000[citation needed] | 3,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
minimal |
600 dead 1,800 captured |
The Battle of Hoyerswerda was a minor encounter of September 25, 1759 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War) between Prussian and Austrian forces. Following on from the calamitous Prussian defeat at Kunersdorf in August however, this small victory for Frederick the Great, taken together with the one fashioned at Korbitz four days earlier by Friedrich August von Finck, no doubt proved a timely tonic to his fragile confidence.