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|combatant2={{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austria]]
|commander1=[[Frederick II of Prussia]]
|commander2=[[Leopold Josef Graf Daun|Leopold von Daun]]
|strength1=50,000<ref>Duffy, Army, p 235. Duffy gives all strengths and losses.</ref>
|strength2=53,400
|casualties1=16,670
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{{Campaignbox Seven Years' War: European}}
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==Results==
The Prussians won the battle but at a heavy cost. They admitted losses of 16,670, while the Austrians lost
The battle left both sides exhausted. After losing as much if not more men than its enemy, Prussia was again severely weakened. However, without the prospect of a decisive victory against the Prussians, and with dwindling financial resources, Austria was also losing much of its offensive power.<ref>Frederick II, Jean-Paul Bled</ref> After the campaign of 1760, it had to reduce the size of its army, which left little hope of crushing Prussia without the help of Russia, which withdrew in 1762.<ref>idem</ref> For the Austrians, the battle was hence a severe psychological blow that decreased their hope of winning a decisive victory.
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* Duffy, Christopher. ''The Army of Frederick the Great''. NY: Hippocrene Books, 1974. {{ISBN|0-88254-277-X}}
* Duffy, Christopher. ''The Military Life of Frederick the Great''. Atheneum, 1986. {{ISBN|0-689-11548-2}}
* Szabo, Franz. ''The Seven Years War in Europe: 1756–1763.'' Routledge, 2013, {{ISBN|978-1-317-88696-9}}.
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