Silesian Theatre (Third War)
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Was the Silesian theatre of the Third Silesian War.
Chronology
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October 1761: The allies, led by Russian Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, Austrian Field Marshal Leopold Joseph von Daun, and Swedish Field Marshal Carl Gustav Armfeldt, achieved a modest victory by capturing the fortress at Schweidnitz on 1 October 1761. This forced the Prussians, under the command of King Frederick the Great, to retreat to winter quarters in northern Silesia and Brandenburg.
June 1760: Battle of Landeshut.
July 1760: Parchwitz conquered by austria.
July 1760: Liegnitz conquered by austria.
July 1760: Glatz was taken by the Austrians on 29 July.
March 1760: After an inconclusive engagement with the Prussian garrison near Neustat on 15 March, Laudon's Austrians gradually advanced through Lower Silesia.
April 1758: Schweidnitz, the last Austrian-occupied stronghold in Silesia, surrendered.
November 1757: While Frederick's army manoeuvred in western Saxony and Thuringia, the Austrian army of Prince Charles and Daun pressed eastward into Lower Silesia. In November they reached Breslau, where they were opposed by the Silesian garrison under Bevern. The Austrians had overwhelming numbers, and in the Battle of Breslau on 22 November they drove the Prussians from the field. the commander of the garrison surrendered Breslau to the Austrians on 25 November in return for safe passage.
December 1757: Breslau were besieged until their surrender on 19-20 December, bringing the bulk of Silesia back under Prussian control.
October 1762: Daun's forces withdrew to Glatz, and the Prussians besieged Schweidnitz, recapturing it at length on 9 October.
December 1757: Despite his troops' fatigue from the rapid march, Frederick engaged the superior Austrian force on 5 December and won another unexpected victory in the Battle of Leuthen.The Prussians pursued Prince Charles's defeated army all the way back to Bohemia.
August 1760: Laudon's corps, moving ahead of Daun's main army, attacked Frederick's position near Liegnitz on 15 August. The resulting Battle of Liegnitz ended in a Prussian victory, with the Prussians defeating Laudon before Daun's larger force could arrive to support him. This reversal disrupted the Austrians' manoeuvres and restored Prussian control of Lower Silesia, as Daun moved his army back into Saxony.
