Battle of Lobositz

Battle of Lobositz
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)
Lithograph of the battle
Date 1 October 1756 Location Lovosice, Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic 50°30′46″N 14°02′00″E / 50.51278°N 14.03333°E / 50.51278; 14.03333 Result See aftermath
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Frederick the Great	Maximilian Ulysses Browne
Strength
28,300 men[1] 98 guns	33,354 men 94 guns
Casualties and losses
2,906[1]-3,300[2]	2,984[2]-3,291[1]

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The Battle of Lobositz or Lovosice also Lowositz on 1 October 1756 was the opening land battle of the Third Silesian War and the wider Seven Years' War. Frederick the Great's 28,000 Prussians were prevented by 33,000 Austrians under Maximilian Ulysses Count von Browne from continuing their invasion into the rich Bohemian plain, forcing Frederick to ultimately fall back north into Saxony for the winter.