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Topic: Kolín, Battle of

Kolín, Battle of

Years: 1757 - 1757

The Battle of Kolín on June 18, 1757 sees forty-four thousand Austrians under Count von Daun defeat thirty-two thousand Prussians under Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War.

The Prussians lose the battle and nearly fourteen thousand men; the Austrians lost eight thousand men.

“And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.”

― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life (2010)