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Battle of Torgau

Battle of Torgau was a battle fought on 3 November 1760 at Süptitz, in what is now Germany. It was part of Third Silesian War, which ran from 1756 to 1763. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 48,500; 309 guns against 52,000; 275 guns.

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Historical map of the campaign by Torgau
Historical map of the campaign by Torgau. Meyers Konversationslexikons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought3 November 1760
WhereSüptitz, Germany51.573N, 12.915E
OutcomePrussian victory
BelligerentsPrussiaagainstAustria
Casualties and losses13,120–16,670and11,260–15,897
Part ofThird Silesian War1756 to 1763

Where it sits in Third Silesian War

Siege of Prague, 17571757 Berlin raid, 1757Siege of Breslau, 1757Siege of Breslau, 1760Battle of Torgau, 176017571760Battle of Torgau, 1760
5 placed engagements of Third Silesian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date3 November 1760
PlaceSüptitz, Germany
51.573N, 12.915E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength48,500; 309 guns52,000; 275 guns
Casualties and losses13,120–16,67011,260–15,897
Commanders
Battle of TorgauBattle of TorgauSiege of TorgauBattle of MühlbergSiege of WittembergSiege of GanaBattle of DennewitzBattle of MühlbergSiege of WittembergSiege of GanaBattle of DennewitzBerlinDresdenLeipzigMagdeburgPotsdamCottbusJenaChemnitz100 km51.573N, 12.915E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Torgau
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Torgau today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-10. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 129 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 75 to 177 m, 102 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 49% cropland, 30% tree cover, 16% grassland.

cropland: 49%tree cover: 30%grassland: 16%built-up: 5%cropland 49%tree cover 30%grassland 16%built-up 5%
west to east, 10.0 km79 to 139 mnorth to south, 10.0 km77 to 130 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Elsewhere in 1760

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: PR ARMYDefender: AUS ARMY
Strength50,00053,400
Casualties16,670 (33.3%)15,697 (29.4%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1084
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width8 km11.4 km
Attacker advanced2 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 81), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Torgau is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 538 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q688802, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Torgau, revision 1382485841, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.