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Battle of Kunersdorf
1759
12 August 1759
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Seven Years War (Europe)

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Frederick II of Prussia advanced across the Oder to avenge the defeat at Kay (23 July) and attacked a massively superior Austro-Russian force under General Gideon von Loudon and Count Pyotr Soltikov, just east of Frankfurt at Kunersdorf. Frederick lost over 20,000 men and almost 170 guns in his worst defeat, though Allied losses and Russian dissent enabled him to withdraw.


   
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