Battle of Landeshut (1760)
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The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on 23 June 1760 during the Third Silesian War.
Combat de Landeshut
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
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Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon, was an Austrian military officer of Baltic German descent and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great.
Battle of Landeshut (1760)
…the Seven Years' War). A Prussian army of 12,000 men under General Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué fought an Austrian army of over 28,000 men under Ernst Gideon von Laudon and suffered a defeat, with its commander wounded and taken prisoner. The Prussians lost 10,242 men including 1,927 killed along with 8,315 prisoners…
Portrait, c. 1780
Portrait of Ernst Gideon's wife: Klara von Hagen, Bečváry castle
Laudon in victory pose at the Battle of Kunersdorf, 1878 portrait by Siegmund L'Allemand
Marble bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi