Battle between Bavarian and Prussian troops in the Austrian-Prussian War
Battle of Kissingen
Part of the Austro-Prussian War
Battle of Kissingen
Date
10 July 1866
Location
Bad Kissingen, Bavaria
Result
Prussian victory
Belligerents
Prussia
Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Eduard von Falckenstein August von Goeben Edwin von Manteuffel Gustav von Beyer
Karl von Bayern Oskar von Zoller †
Strength
16 battalions 9 squadrons 18,000 31 cannons
14 battalions 28 squadrons 15,000 36 cannons
Casualties and losses
1589 killed 2345 wounded 780 missing or captured[1]
899 killed 1256 wounded 587 missing and captured[2]
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Austro-Prussian War
Bohemia
Hühnerwasser
Podol
Náchod
Trautenau
Burkersdorf
Skalitz
Münchengrätz
Schweinschädel
Gitschin
Königgrätz
Blumenau
Northern Germany
Langensalza
Main River
Hünfeld
Dermbach
Kissingen
Frohnhofen
Aschaffenburg
Hundheim
Tauberbischofsheim
Werbach
Gerchsheim
Helmstadt
Roßbrunn
Italy and the Adriatic Sea
Custoza
Trentino
Lake Garda
Valtellina
Vezza d'Oglio
Lissa
Bezzecca
Versa
The Battle of Kissingen was a battle between Bavarian and Prussian troops on 10 July 1866 during the Austrian-Prussian War in and around the town of Kissingen (today: Bad Kissingen) in Bavaria. It was part of the campaign of the Main and ended with a victory of the Prussians.
^Österreichs Kämpfe im Jahre 1866. Nach Feldacten bearbeitet durch das k.k. Generalstabs-Bureau für Kriegsgeschichte. Fünfter Band (Vol. 5), Vienna 1869, chapter: Die Kriegsereignisse in Westdeutschland im Jahre 1866, III. Abschnitt, p. 75 and 81 (scan p. 249 and 255) digitalised
^Antheil der königlich bayerischen Armee am Kriege des Jahres 1866. Bearbeitet vom Generalquartiermeister-Stabe. Mit 3 Beilagen und 6 Plänen Munich 1868. p. 130 and 139 (scan p. 144 and 153) digitalised
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