Battle of Hoyerswerda

Pirna - Lobositz - Prague - Kolin - Wholesale Jägerndorf - Moys - Rossbach - Wroclaw - Marktleuthen - Domstadtl - Olomouc - Wrath village - Hochkirch - Kay - Kunersdorf - Hoyerswerda - Maxen - Koßdorf - Landeshut - Legnica - Berlin - Torgau - chub - Burkersdorf - Reichenbach - Freiberg

The Battle of Hoyerswerda was a minor battle of the Seven Years' War. On September 25, 1759 Prussian army defeated under the leadership of Prince Henry of Prussia, the Austrian general Wehla at the Black Elster Hoyerswerda.

The east in a 50-hour forced march by onrushing enemy land forces of Prussia surprised the Hungarian infantry corps, supported by Croatian regiments and artillery, stood at the westernmost edge of the northwestern front and therefore hardly reckoned with attacks. Units under General Lentulus met through a forest through before the enemy and attacked from the front and from behind. 600 Austrians fell, their army was scattered. General Behla was jailed with 28 officers and 1,785 men.

A memorial stone plaque in the bleaching alleys in the old town of Hoyerswerda reminded of this battle.

Inscription of panel