The Battle of Torgau (Germany) was a battle fought on November 3, 1760 during the Seven Years' War on the Süptitzer Höhen. Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Seven Years War (1754 and 1756–1763) pitted Great Britain, Prussia, and Hanover against France, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony. ...
A Prussian army of 50,000 men under Frederick II fought an Imperial army of 53,400 men under the Austrian Field Marshal Daun. The battle started with an artillery duel between the Austrians from the high ground and a Prussian contingent under General Zeiten. The Prussian king hearing the artillery decided to launch his attack prematurely. The attacks faltered and Frederick called off the uphill assault. Zieten's troops however were fresh and proceeded to attack at the scheduled time. this attack won the battle for the Prussians. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of...
The Prussians won the battle but lost 16,600 men, the Austrians 15,700 men and 43 guns.
The Saxon and Austrian armies were unprepared, and at the Battle of Lobositz Frederick prevented the isolated Saxon army from being reinforced by an Austrian army under General von Browne.
In the west, the French were beaten in the Battle of Rheinberg and the Battle of Krefeld (Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick).
In the east, at the Battle of Zorndorf in Prussia, a Prussian army of 35,000 men under Frederick fought to a standstill with a Russian army of 43,000 commanded by Count Fermor.
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