Battle of Kay

Battle of Kay
Part of the Third Silesian War
Map of the battle of Kay
Date 23 July 1759[a] Location Kay, Margraviate of Brandenburg Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Pyotr Saltykov	Carl Heinrich von Wedel Moritz Franz Kasimir von Wobersnow † Heinrich von Manteuffel (WIA)
Strength
40,000–41,000[c]	26,000–28,000[d]
Casualties and losses
4,700–5,000[e]	6,800–8,300[f]

The Battle of Kay (German: Schlacht bei Kay), also referred to as the Battle of Sulechów, Battle of Züllichau, or Battle of Paltzig, was an engagement fought on 23 July 1759 during the Seven Years' War. It occurred near Kay (Kije) in the Neumark, now part of Poland.

General Carl Heinrich von Wedel, the commander of the Prussian army of 26,000 men, attacked a larger Russian army of 41,000 men commanded by Count Pyotr Saltykov. The Prussians lost 6,800–8,300 men; the Russians lost 4,804. After the battle, King Frederick II of Prussia was determined to force the Russians into a decisive engagement in order to prevent them joining up with the main Austrian army. Three weeks later, the Prussians met the combined Russian-Austrian army at Kunersdorf.

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