32,000 14,000 Location Saxony, Germany | Date 21 November 1759 | |
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304 dead, 630 wounded 2000 dead and wounded, 11,741 captured Combatants Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg Monarchy Results Austrian victory, Capture of the Prussian forces Similar Battle of Hoyerswerda, Battle of Landeshut, Battle of Moys, Battle of Hochkirch, Battle of Breslau | ||
The Battle of Maxen (20 November 1759) was a battle at Maxen, Saxony in present-day Germany during the Seven Years' War. It resulted in surrender of a Prussian corps.
The Prussian corps of 14,000 men, commanded by Friedrich August von Finck (one of Frederick the Great's generals), was sent to threaten lines of communication between the Austrian army at Dresden and Bohemia. Field Marshal Count Daun attacked and defeated Finck's isolated corps on 20 November 1759 with his army of 40,000 men. The next day (21 November) Finck decided to surrender.
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