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Campaign of the Main
Part of Austro-Prussian War of 1866

Way of the Prussian Army in the campaign of the Main
Date1 – 26 July 1866
(25 days)
Location
Hesse, Baden and Bavaria
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
  • Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
  • Campaign of the Main Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
  • Campaign of the Main Oldenburg
  • Campaign of the Main Lippe
  • Campaign of the Main Bremen
  • Campaign of the Main Bavaria
  • Campaign of the Main Württemberg
  • Hesse Hesse-Kassel
  • Campaign of the Main Baden
  • Campaign of the Main Hesse-Darmstadt
  • Campaign of the Main Nassau
  • Campaign of the Main Austria
  • Commanders and leaders
    • Kingdom of Prussia Edwin von Manteuffel
    • Kingdom of Prussia Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein
    • Kingdom of Bavaria Karl von Bayern
    • Grand Duchy of Hesse Alexander von Hessen-Darmstadt
    Strength
    3 divisions:
    50,000 soldiers, thereof 41,000 infantry,
    4,000 cavalry,
    121 cannons
    VIIth corps (Bavaria):
    4 divisions and corps-reserve:
    52,000 soldiers,
    144 cannons

    VIIIth corps:
    4 divisions (Württemberg, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Austria / Nassau / Hesse-Kassel):
    48,000 soldiers,[1]
    136 cannons
    Casualties and losses
    411 dead; 2,498 wounded; 153 missed[2]

    VIIth corps: 339 dead; 2,114 wounded; 1,604 missed[3]

    VIIIth Korps: 402 dead; 1,439 wounded; 2,444 missed[4]

    The Campaign of the Main (in German: Mainfeldzug) was a campaign of the Prussian Army in the area of the River Main against the allies of Austria in southern Germany during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

    1. ^ Alexander von Hessen-Darmstadt: Feldzugs-Journal des Oberbefehlshabers des 8ten deutschen Bundes-Armee-Corps im Feldzuge des Jahres 1866 in Westdeutschland, Eduard Zernin, Darmstadt & Leipzig 1867, p. 39 (Stand am 24. Juli 1866) online
    2. ^ 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, p. 32-174 (scan p. 206-348) digitalised; compiled from the tables of losses
    3. ^ Antheil der königlich bayerischen Armee am Kriege des Jahres 1866, bearbeitet vom Generalquartiermeister-Stabe, München 1868, Beilage III, S. XVIII/XIX digitalised. This are the official figures. According to recent research, they are incomplete. Considerably higher numbers of victims are assumed in: Walter Hamm: Die Toten der bayerischen Armee des Jahres 1866. In: Dieter Storz, Daniel Hohrath (Ed.): Nord gegen Süd. Der Deutsche Krieg 1866 (= Kataloge des Bayerischen Armeemuseums. Band 13). Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053589-5. p. 77-83. available online
    4. ^ s. Alexander von Hessen

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