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Königgrätz order of battle

Königgrätz order of battle

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The following units and commanders took part in the Battle of Königgrätz on July 3, 1866. Compiled from the Prussian Army's Official History of the war.[1][2]

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Prussian Armies

King William I of Prussia
General der Infanterie Helmuth von Moltke

First Army

General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz

III Corps

General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia

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IV Corps

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II Corps

Generalleutnant Stephan von Schmidt

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Cavalry Corps

General der Kavallerie Prince Albert of Prussia

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Second Army

General der Infanterie Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal

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Guard Corps

General der Kavallerie Prince August of Württemberg

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I Corps

General der Infanterie Adolf von Bonin

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V Corps

General der Infanterie Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz

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VI Corps

General der Kavallerie Louis von Mutius

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Elbe Army

General der Infanterie Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld[note 5]
Chief of Staff: Colonel Ludwig von Schlotheim

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I Reserve Corps

Generalleutnant Gustav von der Mülbe[note 6]

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Austrian North Army

Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Benedek
Chief of Staff: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Alfred von Henikstein

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1st Corps

General der Kavallerie Eduard Clam-Gallas
Deputy: General-Major Leopold Gondrecourt

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2nd Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Karl von Thun und Hohenstein
Deputy: General-Major Josip Filipović

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3rd Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Ernest
Deputy: General-Major Alois von Baumgarten

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4th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Tassilo Festetics de Tolna
Deputy: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Anton Mollinary von Monte Pastello

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6th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Wilhelm von Ramming
Deputy: General-Major August Kochmeister

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8th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Leopold Ludwig
Deputy: General-Major Joseph Weber

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10th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Ludwig von Gablenz
Deputy: General-Major Alexander Freiherr von Koller

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Reserve Cavalry

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Saxon Army

General der Infanterie Crown Prince Albert of Saxony

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Notes

  1. The 3rd Uhlans and 2nd Dragoons were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade during the battle.
  2. During the battle, the 5th and 6th Divisions formed the First Army's reserve and were grouped together under Manstein's command. Some sources refer to this temporary group as the III Corps, after the peacetime command that both divisions were assigned to.
  3. The 1st and 4th Uhlans were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade under V Corps during the battle.
  4. The 8th Dragoons were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade with the 4th Hussars during the battle.
  5. The Elbe Army was in effect the VIII Corps reinforced by the 14th Division. Bittenfeld was simultaneously commander of the Army and VIII Corps
  6. The Reserve Corps did not take part in the battle. The leading element of the Corps, the Landwehr Guards Division, did not arrive until the evening following.
  7. The primary recruiting district of Austrian Infantry Regiments is shown in brackets.
  8. Attached from the 3rd Corps

Sources

  1. von Wright; Hozier, Henry (1872). The campaign of 1866 in Germany. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 508–599. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

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