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Date	December 14, 1745
Location	Kesselsdorf, near Dresden, present-day Germany
Result	Prussian victory

Battle of Kesselsdorf
	Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
	; Leopold von Dessau & Frederick Augustus Rutowsky
Date	December 14, 1745
Location	Kesselsdorf, near Dresden, present-day Germany
Result	Prussian victory
Belligerents
Prussia	Austria; Saxony
Commanders
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau	Field Marshal Rutowsky
Strength
30,000; 33 guns	31,000; 42 guns
Casualties and losses
5,100	3,800 dead and wounded,; 6,700 captured

Battle of Kesselsdorf

The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on December 14, 1745, between Prussia and the combined forces of Austria and Saxony. The Prussians were led by Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, while the Austrians and Saxons were led by Field Marshal Rutowsky. The Prussians were victorious.

[edit] Notes

^ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, entry National Flags: "The Austrian imperial standard has, on a yellow ground, the black double-headed eagle, on the breast and wings of which are imposed shields bearing the arms of the provinces of the empire . The flag is bordered all round, the border being composed of equal-sided triangles with their apices alternately inwards and outwards, those with their apices pointing inwards being alternately yellow and white, the others alternately scarlet and black ." Also, Whitney Smith, Flags through the ages and across the world, McGraw-Hill, England, 1975 ISBN 0-07-059093-1, pp.114 - 119, "The imperial banner was a golden yellow cloth...bearing a black eagle...The double-headed eagle was finally established by Sigismund as regent...".
^ Chandler: The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough, p.306. All statistics taken from Chandler

Chandler, David: The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough. Spellmount Limited, (1990). ISBN 0-946771-42-1

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