Battle of Tauberbischofsheim

Battle of Tauberbischofsheim
Part of the Austro-Prussian War

Württemberg artillery in the battle
Date24 July 1866
Location
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Prussia Prussia  Württemberg
 Baden
Hesse-Darmstadt
 Austria
Nassau
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Prussia Edwin von Manteuffel Prince Alexander
Strength
60,000 42,000 (VIII Army Corps)
Casualties and losses
16 killed
107 wounded
3 missed or captured
Total:
126
62 killed
455 wounded
192 missed or captured
Total:
709[1]

The Battle of Tauberbischofsheim was an engagement of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, on the 24 July at Tauberbischofsheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden between troops of the German Confederation and the Kingdom of Prussia. It was part of the campaign of the Main and ended with a Prussian victory.

  1. ^ 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. 141 (scan p. 315) digitalised