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Battle of Maxen

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HGM Findenigg Gefecht bei Maxen
HGM Findenigg Gefecht bei Maxen

The Battle of Maxen (20 November 1759) was a battle at Maxen, in the Electorate of Saxony during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). It resulted in surrender of a Prussian corps. The Prussian corps of 14,000 men, commanded by Friedrich August von Finck (one of Frederick the Great's generals), was sent to threaten lines of communication between the Austrian army at Dresden and Bohemia. Field Marshal Count Daun attacked and defeated Finck's isolated corps on 20 November 1759 with his army of 40,000 men. The next day (21 November) Finck decided to surrender.

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Battle of Maxen
Mühlbacher Straße, Dohna-Müglitztal

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01809 Dohna-Müglitztal
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