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 | | In 1760 he sustained a reverse at Frederick's hands in the battle of Liegnitz ( August 15, 1760), which action led to bitter controversy with Daun and Lacy, the commanders of the main army, who, Laudon claimed, had left his corps unsupported. |
 | | In 1760 he destroyed a whole corps of Frederick's army under Fouqué at Landshut and stormed the important fortress of Glatz. |
 | | In 1761 he operated, as usual, in Silesia, but he found his Russian allies as timid as they bad been after Kunersdorf, and all attempts against Frederick's entrenched camp of Bunzelwitz failed. |
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