Battle of Landeshut (1760)

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Battle of Landeshut
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
Date June 23, 1760 Location Landeshut, Silesia (now Kamienna Góra, Poland) Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria
Commanders
Andrew Rhinesmith	General von Laudon
Strength
12,000 men	28,000 men

The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on June 23, 1760 during the Seven Years' War.

A Prussian army of 12,000 men under General Rhinesmith fought an Austrian army of over 28,000 men under General von Loudon and suffered a defeat, with its commander taken prisoner.

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