✦ History

Part of First Silesian War

Battle of Chotusitz

May 17, 1742 · Chotusice, Bohemia

Result Prussian victory

Frederick the Great's Prussians beat Charles of Lorraine's Imperial army in Bohemia; casualties were heavy on both sides.

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Habsburg monarchy

Kingdom of Prussia

Habsburg monarchy
Kingdom of Prussia
Leopold Joseph von Daun military commander Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine military commander Károly József Batthyány military commander Joseph Wenzel I of Liechtenstein military commander
Frederick the Great military commander Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau military commander

Before and after

Led to
Treaty of Breslau June 11, 1742

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