The Contribution of the Royal Bavarian Army to the War of 1866

Bavarian General Staff

• Publisher: Helion and Company
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781908916402
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 19th Century History
• Index: History

The Bavarian army, which fought the War of 1866, was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document, which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. The narrative presents a detailed account of the mobilization of the army, and its actions against the Prussians during July 1866. Moreover, the work contains appendices, which present an order of battle, the authorized strengths of the formations, and extensive tables of strengths and casualties for all of the actions, and as such, these are valuable. Translator Stuart Sutherland's additional explanatory notes, as well as an extensive guide to further reading added by Duncan Rogers compliment the original text.

Table of contents

• New introduction to this edition
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 Deployment between Bayreuth and Schweinfurt
• 2 The 8th Federal Corps at the start of the war
• 3 The concentration of the Bavarian army around Schweinfurt
• 4 The entry into Thuringia
• 5 Beginning of the westward movement of the army
• 6 Advance of 8th Federal Corps on Fulda. Events with the Reserve Cavalry Corps from 2 to 5 July
• 7 The actions on the Saale
• 8 Movements of the Bavarian army from 11 to 23 July
• 10 Actions near Würzburg
• 11 Events from 27 July to the end of hostilities
• Conclusion
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III
• Appendix IV