siege, early modern

Siege of Schweidnitz

Name: Siege of Schweidnitz
Location: Świdnica, Poland

Siege of Schweidnitz was a siege conducted in October 1762 at Świdnica, in what is now Poland. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 25,000 against 10,000.

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Schlachtplan von Schweidnitz. Heinrich Theodor Menke / Karl Spruner von Mertz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

FoughtOctober 1762

WhereŚwidnica, Poland50.846N, 16.491E

OutcomePrussian victory

BelligerentsPrussiaagainstAustria

Record

Date	October 1762 (month precision) to 9 October 1762
Place	Świdnica, Poland 50.846N, 16.491E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	25,000	10,000
Casualties and losses	3,033 killed and wounded	Entire army captured or killed; ----3,552 killed and wounded; 9,000 captured(including the wounded)
Commanders	Frederick the Great Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern	Franz Guasco Leopold Joseph von Daun

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Burkersdorf 1762, 6.2 km S
Battle of Hohenfriedberg 1745, 19 km NW
Siege of Niemcza 1017, 28 km SE
Battle of Landeshut 1760, 33 km W
Battle of Legnica 1241, 38 km NW

Elsewhere in 1762

Siege of Schweidnitz is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815230, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Schweidnitz (1762), revision 1371485225, 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.