Battle of Peterswalde
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Quick Facts Prussian Bohemia Incursion, Date ...
Prussian Bohemia Incursion | |||||||
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Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Prussia | Holy Roman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Prince Henry of Prussia[2] Johann Dietrich von Hülsen Johann Jakob von Wunsch |
Feldmarshall Lieutenant Ernst Gideon von Laudon General Reinhardt (POW) Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein[2] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Prince Henry's vanguard |
I./Andlau Infanterie-Regiment I.Battalion Königsegg Infanterie Croatian soldiers Hungarian foot | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
? | 3,400+ men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
~3,000 captured 3 guns |
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The Prussian Bohemia Incursion was a military campaign led by the Prince Henry of Prussia during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War), to disrupt the Austrian military capacity by launching incursions against its military infrastructure in Bohemia.