Battle of Kesselsdorf

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Kesselsdorf
partof=the War of the Austrian Succession


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date=December 14, 1745
place=Kesselsdorf, near Dresden, present-day Germany
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territory=
result=Prussian victory
combatant1=flag|Prussia|1701
combatant2=flagicon|Habsburg Monarchy ["1911 Encyclopedia Britannica", entry National Flags: "The Austrian imperial standard has, on a yellow ground, the black double-headed eagle, on the breast and wings of which are imposed shields bearing the arms of the provinces of the empire . The flag is bordered all round, the border being composed of equal-sided triangles with their apices alternately inwards and outwards, those with their apices pointing inwards being alternately yellow and white, the others alternately scarlet and black ." Also, Whitney Smith, "Flags through the ages and across the world", McGraw-Hill, England, 1975 ISBN 0-07-059093-1, pp.114 - 119, "The imperial banner was a golden yellow cloth...bearing a black eagle...The double-headed eagle was finally established by Sigismund as regent...".] Austria
flag|Saxony|kingdom
commander1=Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
commander2=Field Marshal Rutowsky
strength1=30,000 [Chandler: "The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough," p.306. All statistics taken from Chandler]
33 guns
strength2=31,000
42 guns
casualties1=5,100
casualties2=3,800 dead and wounded,
6,700 captured
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The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on December 14, 1745, between Prussia and the combined forces of Austria and Saxony. The Prussians were led by Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, while the Austrians and Saxons were led by Field Marshal Rutowsky. The Prussians were victorious.

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References

* Chandler, David: "The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough." Spellmount Limited, (1990). ISBN 0-946771-42-1