The Battle Hostile_encounter of Leuthen was fought Hostile_encounter on 5 December 1757 , at which Frederick the Great 's Prussian army used Using maneuver and terrain to decisively defeat Hostile_encounter a much larger Austrian force commanded Control by Prince Charles of Lorraine and Count Leopold Joseph von Daun .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter at the Silesian town of Leuthen , northwest of Breslau .

Leuthen was the last battle Hostile_encounter at which Prince Charles commanded Control the Austrian Army , before his sister-in-law , Empress Maria Theresa , appointed Choosing him as governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and placed Placing Leopold Joseph von Daun in command Control of the army .

After Rossbach ( 5 November ) , the French had refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to participate Participation further in Austria 's war with Prussia ; and after Leuthen ( 5 December ) , Austria could not continue it by herself .

There he met Come_together the Austrian army at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Leuthen ; he employed Employment similar tactics to again defeat Conquering an army considerably larger than his own .