Early Modern era · 1742
Battle of Chotusitz
The Battle of Chotusitz, took place on 17 May 1742, in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, during the First Silesian War, part of the wider War of the Austrian Succession. Led by Charles of Lorraine, an Imperial force of around 25,000 men was advancing against French-occupied Prague, when it ran into a Prussian army of roughly equal size, commanded by Frederick the Great.
- When
- 17 May 1742
- Where
- Chotusice
- Era
- Early Modern
Topics
Before and after
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