ORDER OF BATTLE // June 23, 1760
Battle of Landeshut
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 40,000 estimated
Austria
28,000
Medium-confidence figure
Prussia
12,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Landeshut on June 23, 1760 was a sharp engagement in the Seven Years' War in which an Austrian force of 28,000 under Ernst von Laudon met a Prussian force of 12,000 under Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué. The disparity in casualties — 2,963 Austrian against 10,242 Prussian — points to a severe Prussian defeat, with Prussian losses amounting to roughly 85 percent of the engaged force. Such an outcome would have materially reduced Prussian operational capacity in the theater at a stage of the war when Prussia was already under sustained pressure from multiple fronts.
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