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Battle of Helmstadt
Part of Austro-Prussian War
Date25 July 1866
Location
Helmstadt, Bavaria
49°45′25.0″N 9°42′31.7″E / 49.756944°N 9.708806°E / 49.756944; 9.708806
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Battle of Helmstadt Prussia Battle of Helmstadt Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Battle of Helmstadt Edwin von Manteuffel
Battle of Helmstadt Gustav von Beyer
Battle of Helmstadt Prince Karl of Bavaria
Battle of Helmstadt Johann Baptist Stephan
Battle of Helmstadt Luitpold Ludwig
Units involved
1st Division
Göben Division
Beyer Division
Flies Division
1st Division
3rd Division
VIII Corps
Strength
15,000 men 24,000 men
Casualties and losses
13 officers and 340 men 36 officers and 694 men
Battle of Helmstadt is located in Germany
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Battle of Helmstadt
Battle of Helmstadt (Europe)

The Battle of Helmstadt was a battle in the Main Campaign of the Austro-Prussian War on 25 July 1866, between the Prussian Main Army and the VIII Corps of the German Federal Army which consisted of soldiers from the Kingdom of Bavaria.

On the plateau between Tauber and Main, the federal troops were pushed back again on the 25th near Helmstadt and Uettingen and near Gerchsheim. In the fighting, the to be Bavarian King Ludwig III was wounded. After the Prussian bombardment of the Bavarian troops in the Marienberg Fortress near Würzburg on 27 July, a local ceasefire was concluded, which was followed on 2 August by the general armistice.

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