Battle of Maxen

The Battle of Maxen (20 November 1759) was a battle at Maxen, in the Electorate of Saxony during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). It resulted in surrender of a Prussian corps.

Battle of Maxen
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)
Painting by Franz Paul Findenigg, circa 1760
Date 21 November 1759 Location Maxen, Electorate of Saxony Result Austrian victory Capture of the majority of the Prussian forces
Belligerents
Austria	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Leopold Josef Graf Daun	Friedrich August von Finck (POW)
Strength
32,000	14,000
Casualties and losses
304 dead, 630 wounded	2,000 dead and wounded, 11,741 captured

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.

References

• Rickard, J., 5 November 2000, Battle of Maxen, 20 November 1759, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_maxen.html

External links

• Media related to Battle of Maxen at Wikimedia Commons