Leuthen

Leuthen, a village of Prussia, in Lower Silesia, 10 miles W. of Breslau, celebrated for the victory won there, 5th December 1757, by Frederick the Great, with 34,000 men, over the Austrians under Prince Charles of Lorraine at the head of 90,000. The Austrians lost 10,000 killed and wounded, 12,000 prisoners, and 116 pieces of artillery; the Prussians, 6500 killed and wounded. The result was the reconquest of the greater part of Silesia by the Prussians.