Raid on Berlin

Raid on Berlin
Part of the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War)
Russians and Austrians devastate the arsenal in Berlin, October 1760
Date 3–12 October 1760 Location Berlin, Prussia Result Berlin occupied for three days
Belligerents
Prussia	Russia  Austria
Commanders and leaders
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz Frederick Eugene of Württemburg Johann Dietrich von Hülsen	Zakhar Chernyshev Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben Count von Lacy
Strength
18,000	35,000 20,000 Russians[1] 15,000 Austrians[2]

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 several days. 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.

The future generalissimo of the Russian Empire—Alexander Suvorov—took part in this raid.