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Battle of Berksdorf

Battle of Berksdorf

The Battle of Bokstev was a battle between Prussia and Austria on 2 1 July 21July 762 in the Seven Years' War. The two sides lost about 2000 people each, and the loss was not great, but Marshal Austria was forced to return to Austria, and Silesia was captured by Prussia. 1763 signed a peace treaty.

1762 65438+ In October, Russian Tsar Yelisavita Petrovsky died and her nephew Peter III came to power. Peter III was very friendly to the Prussian emperor, took the initiative to stop fighting and sent generals to help Prussia attack Austria. At this time, the total strength of Austria was still 10,000 more than that of Prussia, and the focus of the struggle between the two sides was in Silesia. Prussian emperor Frederick insisted on saving Silesia.

As a result, shortly after General Chernyshev arrived with his troops, news came from China that the Tsar and his wife were overthrown and they were ordered to retreat. Frederick went to the army for a secret talk overnight and successfully persuaded Chernyshev.

At Frederick's request, the Russian army stayed for three days, cheering for Frederick to contain Austria. The three days that Frederick won must be won. So, the Russian-Russian coalition forces rushed to the Randolph fortress in Bocksch where the Austrian Marshal was stationed, and the battle started.

Prussia adopted the strategy of frontal attack and flank infiltration, and at the same time, due north, manteuffel Brigade also cooperated with the attack, so that the three-way Pu Jun pincer offensive forced O'Kelly to withdraw from the position, and dawn commanded the Austrian army to retreat. After the war, Russia formally withdrew from the Seven-Year War, and Austria also realized that Silesia could not be recovered without foreign aid.