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Battle of Chotusitz

Battle of Chotusitz was a battle fought on 17 May 1742 at Chotusice, in what is now Czechia. It was part of the War of the Austrian Succession, which ran from 1740 to 1748. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 25,000 to 30,000 against 25,000 to 28,000.

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Battle of Chotusitz and Czaslau (Georg Paul Busch, c. 1742) - detail
Battle of Chotusitz and Czaslau (Georg Paul Busch, c. 1742) - detail. Georg Paul Busch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought17 May 1742
WhereChotusice, Czechia49.933N, 15.383E
OutcomePrussian victory
BelligerentsAustriaagainstPrussia
Part ofWar of the Austrian Succession1740 to 1748

Where it sits in the War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Mollwitz, 1741Siege of Brieg, 1741Siege of Prague, 1742Siege of Brno, 1742Battle of Chotusitz, 1742Battle of Sahay, 1742Action of 14 June 1742, 1742Siege of Mirandola, 1742Bombardment of Mataró and Palamós, 1742Battle of Campo Santo, 1743Battle of Dettingen, 1743Planned French Invasion of Britain, 1744Battle of Toulon, 1744Battle of Villafranca, 1744Battle of Velletri, 1744Battle of Casteldelfino, 1744Siege of Prague, 1744Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, 1744Siege of Valenza, 1745Battle of Pfaffenhofen, 1745Siege of Tournai, 1745Battle of Fontenoy, 1745Siege of Louisbourg, 1745Battle of Anguilla, 1745Fall of Ghent, 1745Battle of Melle, 1745Siege of Ath, 1745Battle of Bassignano, 1745Battle of Soor, 1745Battle of Hennersdorf, 1745Siege of Brussels, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1746Battle of Piacenza, 1746Action of 6 July 1746, 1746Siege of Namur, 1746Battle of Madras, 1746Raid on Lorient, 1746Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Adyar, 1746Siege of Antibes, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1747First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747Battle of Lauffeld, 1747Battle of Assietta, 1747Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, 1748Siege of Maastricht, 1748Siege of Cuddalore, 174817411748Battle of Chotusitz, 1742
49 placed engagements of the War of the Austrian Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date17 May 1742
PlaceChotusice, Czechia
49.933N, 15.383E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength25,000 to 30,00025,000 to 28,000
Casualties and losses5,100 to 7,000 dead or wounded or missing; 1,200 prisoners4,900 to 7,000 dead, wounded or missing
Commanders
  • Frederick the Great
  • Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
  • Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock
  • Friedrich Siegmund von Waldow
Battle of ChotusitzBattle of ChotusitzBattle of ČáslaviSiege of Kutná HoraBattle of MalešovBattle of NebovidySiege of Sion CastleBattle of ČáslaviBattle of MalešovBattle of NebovidyDresdenWrocławBrnoPizenZlínJihlavaChemnitzLiberec100 km49.933N, 15.383E
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 Chotusitz
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 Chotusitz today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-08-12. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 245 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 200 to 289 m, 88 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 64% cropland, 16% grassland, 11% tree cover.

cropland: 64%grassland: 16%tree cover: 11%built-up: 9%cropland 64%grassland 16%tree cover 11%built-up 9%
west to east, 10.0 km217 to 253 mnorth to south, 10.0 km212 to 277 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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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS ARMYDefender: PR ARMY
Strength29,00024,500
Casualties6,332 (21.8%)4,819 (19.7%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1058
Outcomedefender won
Duration1 day
Front width3.4 km3.7 km
Attacker advanced-2.7 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 56), 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 Chotusitz is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 188 in present-day Czech Republic.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q688504, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chotusitz, revision 1382485498, 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.