The Third Silesian War was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1756 to 1763 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia. The war was fought mainly in Silesia, Bohemia and U
Prussian grenadiers advancing at the Battle of Leuthen
Prussian Field Marshal Kurt von Schwerin dying of wounds at the Battle of Prague, as depicted by Johann Christoph Frisch
The Battle of Rossbach, where a portion of Prussia's army destroyed the united French and Imperial armies in a 90-minute battle
Prussian grenadiers storming the parish church during the Battle of Leuthen, as depicted by Carl Röchling
The Battle of Leuthen was fought on 5 December 1757 between Frederick the Great's Prussian Army and an Austrian army commanded by Prince Charles of Lorraine and Count Leopold Joseph von Daun. Frederic
Third Silesian War
…Despite his troops' fatigue from the rapid march, Frederick engaged the superior Austrian force on 5 December and won another unexpected victory in the Battle of Leuthen. The Prussians pursued Prince Charles's defeated army all the way back to Bohemia, while the Austrian and French forces still within Breslau were…
Storming of the breach by Prussian grenadiers
Leuthen stands with rolling grasslands in which Charles distributed his troops in a long line across fields to the village visible in the distance. Charles directed his operations from the tower of one of the churches.
At Borne, Frederick the Great and his staff develop their battle plan, as illustrated by Hugo Ungewitter