✦ History

Part of Third Silesian War

Battle of Hochkirch

October 14, 1758 · Hochkirch, Saxony

Result Austrian victory

Daun's Austrian army surprised Frederick the Great's much smaller Prussian army in Saxony and forced it to retreat.

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Habsburg monarchy

Kingdom of Prussia

Habsburg monarchy
Kingdom of Prussia
Ernst Gideon von Laudon military commander Leopold Joseph von Daun military commander Franz Moritz von Lacy military commander
Frederick the Great military commander James Francis Edward Keith military commander Hans Joachim von Zieten military commander

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