Westphalia, Hesse and Lower Saxony Electoral Saxony Brandenburg Silesia East Prussia Pomerania Iberian Peninsula Naval Operations The Battle of Liegnitz on 15 August 1760 saw Frederick the Great's Prussian Army defeat the Austrian army under Ernst von Laudon during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War).

Laudon's Austrian cavalry attacked the Prussian position in the early morning but were beaten back by General Zieten's Hussars.

An artillery duel emerged which was eventually won for the Prussians when a shell hit an Austrian powder wagon.

A Prussian infantry counter-attack led by the Regiment Anhalt-Bernburg on the left forced the Austrians into retreat.

General Leopold von Daun arrived and, learning of Laudon's defeat, decided not to attack despite his soldiers being fresh.