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Battle of Moys
| Battle of Moys | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War) | |||||||
 Map of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Prussia |
 Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hans Karl von Winterfeldt † | Franz Leopold von Nádasdy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000 | 26,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,800 | 1,500 | ||||||
The Battle of Moys was fought on 7 September 1757 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). A Prussian army of 13,000 men fought an Austrian army of double their size. The Prussians were defeated and their commander killed.
The battle was fought near Moys in Upper Lusatia, present-day Ujazd, a district of Zgorzelec in Poland.
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