The Battle of Mollwitz was a Prussian victory over Austria on April 10, 1741. It was the first battle of the new Prussian king Frederich II. The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... Frederick II of Prussia (January 24, 1712–August 17, 1786) was a king of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty, reigning from 1740 to 1786. ...
The Prussian forces advanced on the Austrian line in two sections. The cavalry of the Prussians were attacked first and due to being outnumbered and outclassed, were defeated. This left the Prussian flank open to attack.
Schwerin, the Prussian military commander, now advised Frederick II to leave the battlefield, and the King heeded this warning. Despite this, the infantry stayed at the site of the battle and ended up defeating the Austrians.
The victory was actually the responsibility of Field Marshal Schwerin. The Prussian king had fled from the battlefield when the Austrians seemed to be winning. Kurt Christoph, Graf von Schwerin (26 October 1684 - 6 May 1757) was a Prussian generalfeldmarschall, one of the leading commanders under Frederick the Great. ...
This battle resulted in the claiming of Silesia, from Maria Theresa, for Prussia.
F ritz Mollwitz was born on Monday, June 16, 1890, in Coburg, Germany.
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