1760 raid on Berlin

BelligerentsPrussiaRussia
AustriaCommanders and leadersFriedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
Frederick Eugene of Württemburg
Johann Dietrich von HülsenZakhar Chernyshev
Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben
Count von LacyStrength 18,000

35,000

• 20,000 Russians
• 15,000 Austrians

The Raid on Berlin took place in October 1760 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War) when Austrian and Russian forces occupied the Prussian capital of Berlin for three full days,—from October 9th until 12th. After raising money from the city, and with the approach of further Prussian reinforcements, the occupiers withdrew. There were later allegations that the Russian commander Count Tottleben had received a personal bribe from the Prussians to spare the city, and he was subsequently tried and found guilty of being a spy.