Battle of Zuckmantel
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Era | Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) | derived from year |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Czechia | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| Coordinates | 50.2593, 17.4078 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Zuckmantel (historian G. Bodart referred to it as the Gefecht bei Zuckmantel, 'Combat of Zuckmantel') was a clash during the War of the Bavarian Succession on 14 January 1779 between Habsburg (under the command of Colonel Franz Levenehr) and Prussian (under Major General Johann Jakob von Wunsch) forces, in which the former emerged victorious and inflicted much higher casualties, despite their significant numerical inferiority; however, this clash did not develop into the intensity of a pitched battle, while representing only but limited enemy contact. It was one of the few battles of this Austro-Prussian war of 1778–1779.
In the following raid and encounter, which took place four days later, 18 January, at Habelschwerdt (today Bystrzyca Kłodzka), 11,000 Austrians under the later infamous Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, suffering 300 dead or wounded, overwhelmed another Prussian force of 3,000 under Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, inflicting 400 dead or wounded and 1,100 captured. Thus, the military reforms of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, caused by the Silesian Wars defeats, bore fruit, thanks to which Austria retained its position as a "great power" on the European continent.
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