Engagement at Dermbach

Name: Engagement at Dermbach
Start: 1866

1866 CE.

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The Battle of Dermbach was the first clash between Prussian and Bavarian troops in the Austro-Prussian War near Dermbach, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in modern-day Thuringia on 4 July 1866. On the Prussian side, the 13th Division under Lieutenant General von Goeben was deployed which faced parts of the 3rd and 4th Bavarian infantry divisions with a total strength of approx. 15,000 men. The Commander-in-Chief on the Bavarian side was Prince Karl.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Dermbach, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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