Battle of Moys

Battle of Moys
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)
Map of the battle
Date 7 September 1757 Location Moys, Upper Lusatia, present-day Poland Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Hans Karl von Winterfeldt  †	Franz Leopold von Nádasdy
Strength
13,000	26,000
Casualties and losses
1,800	1,500

The Battle of Moys was fought on 7 September 1757 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). A Prussian army of 13,000 men fought an Austrian army of double their size. The Prussians were defeated and their commander killed.

The battle was fought near Moys in Upper Lusatia, present-day Ujazd, a district of Zgorzelec in Poland.