Battle of Torgau | |||||||
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Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War) | |||||||
![]() Frederick the Great after Torgau, by Bernhard Rode | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frederick the Great (WIA) | Leopold von Daun (WIA) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
48,500 309 guns[3] |
52,000 275 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
13,120[4]-16,670[5] | 11,260[4][2]-15,897[5] |
In the Battle of Torgau on 3 November 1760, King Frederick the Great's Prussian army fought an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Leopold Josef Graf Daun. The Prussians won a costly victory in one of the bloodiest battles of the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War).