Battle at Roßbrunn
Equestrian battle at the Hettstädter Höfe
| date | July 26, 1866 |
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| place | Roßbrunn , Uettingen , Hettstadt |
| output | Bavarian victory |
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101 dead; 715 wounded; 40 missing people |
94 dead; 632 wounded; 192 missing |
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Main Campaign in 1866
The battle near Roßbrunn was the last battle of the Main Campaign in the German War of 1866. It took place on July 26, 1866 near Roßbrunn , Uettingen and Hettstadt .
history
Prince Karl of Bavaria , the Commander in Chief of the West German Army of the German Confederation , planned an offensive of the VII and VIII Federal Corps against the Prussian Army under Edwin von Manteuffel for July 16 .
The VIII. Corps was no longer ready to fight and withdrew towards Würzburg . Prince Karl wanted at least to hold the plateau near Hettstadt and thus Würzburg, so as not to weaken Bavaria's negotiating position any further in the upcoming peace negotiations.
course
Fights near Uettingen and Roßbrunn
The 2nd combined infantry brigade of the Prussian Flies Division under Major General von Korth occupied Uettingen with two battalions late on July 25th and moved into night quarters with the majority west of the village.
The Bavarian 2nd Division under Major General Maximilian von Feder and the Bavarian 4th Division under Major General Jakob von Hartmann were set up near Roßbrunn . The entire rest of the Bavarian Army was concentrated behind it between Hettstadt and Waldbrunn.
At 4 a.m., units of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment attacked the Prussians in Uettingen.
Major General von Korth had the Kirchberg stormed on the left flank by the 4th Posensche Infantry Regiment No. 59 . Units of the Bavarian 5th and 13th Infantry Regiments as well as the 8th Jäger Battalion defended the Kirchberg, but could not hold it and initially had to fall back on the Hessnert with considerable losses.
The Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment No. 36 under Colonel von Thile stormed the Osnert on the right flank, with considerable losses (including two battalion commanders). Units of the Bavarian 7th and 10th Infantry Regiments had tried in vain to hold the mountain.
The Prussians managed to take the heights (Kirchberg, Osnert, Heiligenberg) near Uettingen, which ruled the village and the road to Würzburg , after the Bavarians had cleared the Heiligenberg.
An artillery duel took place in the center, although the Prussians were only able to make progress after the two flanking mountains had been conquered. Around 10 o'clock the Bavarians vacated their position at Roßbrunn and took up a new position on the Hettstadt plateau.
Equestrian battle at the Hettstädter Höfe
Prussian cavalry under Colonel Thassilo Krug von Nidda explored the terrain, whereby a smaller unit came into action with Bavarian cavalry. In the pursuit of the Bavarians, the unit came into the infantry fire of the Bavarians and suffered considerable losses. Colonel Nidda made a new attack with his entire brigade of eight squadrons and initially threw back the Bavarian cavalry. Thereupon the Bavarians threw four cavalry regiments (three cuirassier and one Uhlan regiment) into the battle and put the Prussians to flight. The last battle ended with a success for Bavaria.
Commemoration
Several memorials for the fallen of the Prussian regiments and the Bavarian 4th Division were erected in the cemetery of Uettingen.
Memorial to the fallen soldiers of the 5th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment and the 8th Royal Bavarian Jäger Battalion
Memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Bavarian 2nd Jäger Battalion at the cemetery in Uettingen
Memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Prussian Grenadier Regiment № 11 (2nd Silesian) in the Uettingen cemetery
Memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment № 36 at the Uettingen cemetery
Memorial to the fallen soldiers of the 4th Posen Infantry Regiment No. 59 at the Uettingen cemetery
A memorial in the shape of a cross was erected on the Vogelsberg south of Roßbrunn for the fallen soldiers of the royal Bavarian infantry regiments 4, 7 and 10.
Memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Bavarian infantry regiments 4, 7 and 10 on the Vogelsberg near Roßbrunn
literature
- Austria's fighting in 1866. From the K. and K. General Staff. Bureau for War History, Volume 5, Vienna 1869, pp. 163–170. online in the google book search
- The campaign of 1866 in Germany. War History Department of the Great General Staff, Berlin 1867, pp. 676–687. online in the google book search
- Participation of the royal Bavarian army in the war of 1866. edited by Generalquartiermeister-Stabe, Munich 1868, pp. 177–199. online in the google book search
- August Mels: From the Elbe to the Tauber. The campaign of the Prussian Main Army in the summer of 1866. From the reporter of the home. With maps and many illustrations. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld & Leipzig 1867, pp. 251-263. online in the google book search
- Theodor Fontane : The German War of 1866. Volume 2: The campaign in West and Central Germany. Berlin 1871. pp. 235-254. online in the google book search
- Emil Knorr: The campaign of 1866 in West and South Germany edited from authentic sources. 3rd volume, Hamburg 1870, pp. 230-266. online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fontane, pp. 251-254.
- ↑ s. Fontane, appendix the monuments p. 35–37. online in the google book search
