Battle of Langensalza (1866)

Battle of Langensalza
Part of Austro-Prussian War

Prussian Artillery attacked at the Battle of Langensalza 1866
Date27 June 1866
Location
Result See aftermath
Belligerents
 Prussia
 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 Hanover
 Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Prussia Helmuth von Moltke
(Theater commander)
Kingdom of Prussia Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein
Kingdom of Prussia Gustav Beyer
Kingdom of Prussia Eduard von Flies
Kingdom of Hanover George V
Kingdom of Hanover Alexander von Arentschildt
Strength
9,000 19,000
Casualties and losses
170 killed
(11 officers)
643 wounded
(30 officers)
33 missing
907 captured
(10 officers)
378 killed
1,051 wounded
Regimental movement at Langensalza, 1866.

The Battle of Langensalza was fought on 27 June 1866, during the Austro-Prussian War, near Bad Langensalza in what is now modern Germany, between the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Prussia. The Hanoverians won the battle but were then surrounded by a larger and reinforced Prussian army. Unable to link up with their Bavarian allies to the south, the Hanoverians surrendered.

That marked the demise of the Hanoverian Army and the annexation of Hanover into the burgeoning Prussia, which systematically unified Germany into the modern nation state.