Battle of Maxen

Overview

The Battle of Maxen was a battle at Maxen, in the Electorate of Saxony during the Third Silesian War. It resulted in surrender of a Prussian corps.

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Significance

The Battle of Maxen, fought on 21 November 1759 at Maxen in the Electorate of Saxony, resulted in the surrender of a Prussian corps under Friedrich August von Finck to an Austrian force under Leopold Josef Graf Daun. The engagement was a stark illustration of the numerical disparity that characterized Austrian operations against Prussia during this phase of the Seven Years' War: Daun committed 32,000 troops against Finck's 14,000, with Prussian casualties recorded at 2,000 alongside the capitulation of the corps as a whole. The loss of an entire formation to surrender represented a significant operational setback for Frederick's Prussia, which by 1759 was facing sustained pressure across multiple fronts within the broader Seven Years' War.

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