Battle of Hohenfriedberg

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Battle of Hohenfriedberg
Part of the Second Silesian War (War of Austrian Succession)
Battle of Hohenfriedberg, The Prussian infantry advance, by Carl Röchling.
Date 4 June 1745 Location Striegau, Prussian Silesia (present-day Poland) 50°57′40″N 16°20′40″E / 50.96111°N 16.34444°E / 50.96111; 16.34444 Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria  Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Frederick ll	Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Strength
58,500 192 guns	62,500[1] 122 guns
Casualties and losses
4,800	8,650 dead or wounded, 5,080 captured

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The Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Hohenfriedeberg, now Dobromierz, also known as the Battle of Striegau, now Strzegom, was one of Frederick the Great's most admired victories. Frederick's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine on 4 June 1745 during the Second Silesian War (part of the War of the Austrian Succession).