The following units and commanders took part in the Battle of Königgrätz on July 3, 1866. Compiled from the Prussian Army's Official History of the war.[ 1] [ 2]
Ranks and translations [ edit ] King William I of Prussia General der Infanterie Helmuth von Moltke
General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz
General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 5th Division Generalleutnant Wilhelm von Tümpling
9th Brigade 8th Infantry Regiment 48th Infantry Regiment 10th Brigade 12th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 3rd Uhlan Regiment [ note 1] 3rd Pioneer Battalion I Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment 6th Division Generalleutnant Albrecht Gustav von Manstein [ note 2]
11th Brigade 35th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Regiment 12th Brigade 24th Infantry Regiment 64th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 2nd Dragoon Regiment [ note 1] 3rd Jäger Battalion III Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 7th Division Generalleutnant Eduard von Fransecky
13th Brigade 26th Infantry Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 14th Brigade 27th Infantry Regiment 67th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 10th Hussar Regiment 4th Pioneer Battalion I Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment 8th Division Generalleutnant Heinrich Friedrich von Horn
15th Brigade 31st Infantry Regiment 71st Infantry Regiment 16th Brigade Divisional troops 6th Uhlan Regiment 4th Jäger Battalion III Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment Army troops
Artillery Reserve 3rd Field Artillery Regiment II Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Regiment II Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion
Generalleutnant Stephan von Schmidt
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 3rd Division Generalleutnant August von Werder
5th Brigade 2nd Infantry Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 6th Brigade 14th Infantry Regiment 54th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 5th Hussar Regiment 2nd Jaeger Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion I Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 4th Division Generalleutnant Friedrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld
7th Brigade 9th Infantry Regiment 49th Infantry Regiment 8th Brigade 21st Infantry Regiment 61st Infantry Regiment Artillery 4th Uhlan Regiment III Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment Corps troops
3rd Heavy Cavalry Brigade 2nd Cuirassier Regiment 9th Uhlan Regiment 2nd Horse Artillery Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment Artillery Reserve II Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
General der Kavallerie Prince Albert of Prussia
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 1st Cavalry Division Generalmajor Hermann von Alvensleben
2nd Heavy Cavalry Brigade 6th Cuirassier Regiment 7th Cuirassier Regiment 1st Horse Artillery Battery, Guards Artillery Regiment 1st Light Cavalry Brigade 1st Guards Dragoon Regiment 1st Guards Uhlan Regiment 2nd Guards Uhlan Regiment 2nd Horse Artillery Battery, Guards Artillery Regiment 2nd Cavalry Division Generalmajor Benno Hann von Weyhern
2nd Light Cavalry Brigade 2nd Guards Dragoons Regiment 3rd Hussar Regiment 11th Uhlan Regiment 1st Horse Artillery Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Light Cavalry Brigade 3rd Dragoon Regiment 12th Hussar Regiment 3rd Horse Artillery Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment Corps Troops
Artillery 4th Horse Artillery Battery, Guards Artillery Regiment
General der Infanterie Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal
Division Brigade Regiments and Others Reserve Cavalry of the Second Army Generalmajor Julius von Hartmann
Heavy Cavalry Brigade 1st Cuirassier Regiment 5th Cuirassier Regiment Light Cavalry Brigade 2nd Hussar Regiment 10th Uhlan Regiment Landwehr Cavalry Brigade 2nd Landwehr Hussar Regiment 1st Landwehr Uhlan Regiment Artillery 2nd Horse Artillery Battery, 6th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Horse Artillery Battery, 5th Field Artillery Regiment
General der Kavallerie Prince August of Württemberg
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 1st Guards Division Generalleutnant Wilhelm Hiller von Gärtringen
1st Guards Brigade 2nd Guards Brigade Divisional troops Guards Hussar Regiment Guards Jäger Battalion I Battalion, Guards Artillery Regiment 2nd Guards Division Generalleutnant Heinrich von Plonski
3rd Guards Brigade 4th Guards Brigade Divisional troops Corps troops
1st Heavy Cavalry Brigade Artillery II Battalion, Guards Artillery Regiment 4th Horse Artillery Battery, Guards Artillery Regiment
General der Infanterie Adolf von Bonin
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 1st Division Generalleutnant von Grossmann
1st Brigade 1st Infantry Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 3rd Infantry Regiment 43rd Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 1st Dragoon Regiment 1st Jäger Battalion I Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Division Generalleutnant Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Clausewitz
3rd Brigade 4th Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Regiment 4th Brigade 5th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 1st Hussar Regiment 1st Pioneer Battalion III Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment Corps troops
Cavalry Brigade 3rd Cuirassier Regiment 8th Uhlan Regiment 12th Uhlan Regiment 3rd Horse Artillery Battery, 1st Field Artillery Regiment Artillery Reserve Horse Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment II Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment
General der Infanterie Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 9th Division Generalmajor Julius Ludwig von Loewenfeld
17th Brigade 18th Infantry Regiment 58th Infantry Regiment 18th Brigade 7th Infantry Regiment 5th Jäger Battalion Divisional troops 1st Uhlan Regiment [ note 3] I Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment 10th Division Generalmajor Hugo von Kirchbach
19th Brigade 6th Infantry Regiment 46th Infantry Regiment 20th Brigade 7th Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 4th Uhlan Regiment [ note 3] III Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment Corps troops
Artillery Reserve 5th Artillery Regiment II Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion
General der Kavallerie Louis von Mutius
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 11th Division Generalleutnant Heinrich von Zastrow
21st Brigade 10th Infantry Regiment 50th Infantry Regiment 22nd Brigade 38th Infantry Regiment 51st Infantry Regiment Division troops 8th Dragoon Regiment [ note 4] Silesian Pioneer Battalion II Battalion, 6th Artillery Regiment 12th Division Generalleutnant Ferdinand von Prondzynski
Combined Brigade 22nd Infantry Regiment 23rd Infantry Regiment Division troops 6th Hussar Regiment 6th Jäger Battalion 1st and 5th Batteries, I Battalion 6th Artillery Regiment Corps troops
Cavalry Artillery Reserve 6th Artillery Regiment I Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion
General der Infanterie Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld [ note 5] Chief of Staff: Colonel Ludwig von Schlotheim
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 14th Division Generalleutnant Hugo Eberhard zu Münster-Meinhövel
27th Brigade 16th Infantry Regiment 56th Infantry Regiment 28th Brigade 17th Infantry Regiment 57th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 7th Dragoons Regiment 7th Jäger Battalion III Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment 15th Division Generalleutnant Philipp Carl von Canstein
29th Brigade 25th Infantry Regiment 65th Infantry Regiment 30th Brigade 28th Infantry Regiment 68th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 7th Hussars Regiment III Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment 16th Division Generalleutnant Friedrich August von Etzel
31st Brigade 29th Infantry Regiment 69th Infantry Regiment Fusilier Brigade 33rd Fusilier Regiment 34th Fusilier Regiment Divisional troops 8th Jäger Battalion 1st Horse Artillery Battery, 8th Field Artillery Regiment 2 Field Artillery Batteries, 8th Field Artillery Regiment Army troops
14th Cavalry Brigade 5th Uhlan Regiment 11th Hussar Regiment Reserve Cavalry Brigade 7th Hussar Regiment 8th Cuirassier Regiment Pomeranian Landwehr Reiter Regiment Artillery Reserve 7th Artillery Regiment II Battalion 1st and 2nd Horse Artillery Batteries 8th Artillery Regiment II Battalion 2nd and 4th Horse Artillery Batteries
Generalleutnant Gustav von der Mülbe [ note 6]
Division Brigade Regiments and Others Landwehr Guards Division
1st Landwehr Guards Brigade 1st Landwehr Guards Regiment 2nd Landwehr Guards Regiment 2nd Landwehr Guards Brigade 1st Landwehr Grenadier Regiment 2nd Landwehr Grenadier Regiment Combined Landwehr Division
1st Landwehr Brigade 9th Landwehr Regiment 21st Landwehr Regiment 2nd Landwehr Brigade 13th Landwehr Regiment 15th Landwehr Regiment Landwehr Cavalry Division
Six Landwehr Cavalry Regiments
Austrian North Army [ edit ] Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Benedek Chief of Staff: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Alfred von Henikstein
Brigade Regiments and Others Army Artillery Reserve VI Artillery Regiment XI Artillery Regiment XII Artillery Regiment Total: Sixteen Artillery batteries
General der Kavallerie Eduard Clam-Gallas Deputy: General-Major Leopold Gondrecourt
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Poschacher 30th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia )[ note 7] 34th Infantry Regiment (Hungary ) 18th Feldjäger Battalion 5th Foot Artillery Battery, I Artillery Regiment Brigade Leiningen 33rd Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 38th Infantry Regiment (Venetia ) 32nd Feldjäger Battalion 4th Foot Artillery Battery, I Artillery Regiment Brigade Piret 18th Infantry Regiment (Bohemia ) 45th Infantry Regiment (Venetia) 29th Feldjäger Battalion 6th Foot Artillery Battery, I Artillery Regiment Brigade Ringelsheim 42nd Infantry Regiment (Bohemia) 73rd Infantry Regiment (Bohemia) 26th Feldjäger Battalion 2nd Foot Artillery Battery, I Artillery Regiment Brigade Kalik [ note 8] 35th Infantry Regiment (Bohemia) 72nd Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 22nd Feldjäger Battalion Foot Artillery Battery Artillery I Artillery Regiment Two 4-pounder batteries Two 8-pounder batteries One rocket battery Cavalry 2nd Hussars Regiment, four squadrons
Feldmarschall-Leutnant Karl von Thun und Hohenstein Deputy: General-Major Josip Filipović
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Thom 40th Infantry Regiment (West Galicia ) 69th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 2nd Feldjäger Battalion 1st Foot Artillery Battery, II Artillery Regiment Brigade Henriquez 14th Infantry Regiment (Upper Austria ) 27th Infantry Regiment (Styria ) 9th Feldjäger Battalion 2nd Foot Artillery Battery, II Artillery Regiment Brigade Saffram 64th Infantry Regiment (Siebenbürgen ) 80th Infantry Regiment (Venetia) 11th Feldjäger Battalion 3rd Foot Artillery Battery, II Artillery Regiment Brigade Wurttemberg 47th Infantry Regiment (Styria) 57th Infantry Regiment (West Galicia) 20th Feldjäger Battalion 4th Foot Artillery Battery, II Artillery Regiment Artillery II Artillery Regiment Two 4-pounder batteries Two 8-pounder batteries One rocket battery Cavalry 6th Uhlan Regiment, four squadrons
Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Ernest Deputy: General-Major Alois von Baumgarten
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Appiano 46th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 62nd Infantry Regiment (Siebenbürgen) 4th Feldjäger Battalion 3rd Foot Artillery Battery, VIII Artillery Regiment Brigade Benedek 52nd Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 78th Infantry Regiment (Croatia /Slavonia ) 1st Feldjäger Battalion 4th Foot Artillery Battery, VIII Artillery Regiment Brigade Kirschberg 44th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 49th Infantry Regiment (Lower Austria ) 3rd Feldjäger Battalion 5th Foot Artillery Battery, VIII Artillery Regiment Brigade Prochaska 13th Grenzer Regiment 4th Battalion, 55th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 4th Battalion, 56th Infantry Regiment (West Galicia) 33rd and 34th Feldjäger Battalions (combined battalion) 6th Foot Artillery Battery, III Artillery Regiment Artillery VIII Artillery Regiment Two 4-pounder batteries Two 8-pounder batteries One rocket battery Cavalry 9th Uhlan regiment, two squadrons
Feldmarschall-Leutnant Tassilo Festetics de Tolna Deputy: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Anton Mollinary von Monte Pastello
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Brandernstein 12th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 26th Infantry Regiment (Venetia) 27th Feldjäger Battalion 1st Foot Artillery Battery, IV Artillery Regiment Brigade Fleishhacker 6th Infantry Regiment (Banat ) 61st Infantry Regiment (Banat) 13th Feldjäger Battalion 2nd Foot Artillery Battery, IV Artillery Regiment Brigade Peockh 37th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 51st Infantry Regiment (Siebenbürgen) 8th Feldjäger Battalion 3rd Foot Artillery Battery, IV Artillery Regiment Brigade Archduke Joseph 67th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 68th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 30th Feldjäger Battalion 4th Foot Artillery Battery, IV Artillery Regiment Artillery IV Artillery Regiment Two 4-pounder batteries Two 8-pounder batteries One rocket battery Cavalry 7th Hussars Regiment, four squadrons
Feldmarschall-Leutnant Wilhelm von Ramming Deputy: General-Major August Kochmeister
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Waldstaetten 9th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 79th Infantry Regiment (Venetia) 6th Feldjäger Battalion 1st Foot Artillery Battery, X Artillery Regiment Brigade Hertwegh 41st Infantry Regiment (Bukovina ) 56th Infantry Regiment (West Galicia) 25th Feldjäger Battalion 2nd Foot Artillery Battery, X Artillery Regiment Brigade Rosenweig 4th Infantry Regiment (Lower Austria) 55th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 17th Feldjäger Battalion 3rd Foot Artillery Battery, X Artillery Regiment Brigade Jonak 20th Infantry Regiment (West Galicia) 60th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 14th Feldjäger Battalion 4th Foot Artillery Battery, X Artillery Regiment Artillery X Artillery Regiment One 4-pounder battery Two 8-pounder batteries Two Horse Artillery batteries One rocket battery Cavalry 10th Uhlan Regiment, four squadrons
Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Leopold Ludwig Deputy: General-Major Joseph Weber
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Fragnern 15th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 77th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 5th Feldjäger Battalion 1st Foot Artillery Battery, IX Artillery Regiment Brigade Kreyssern 8th Infantry Regiment (Moravia ) 74th Infantry Regiment (Bohemia) 31st Feldjäger Battalion 4th Foot Artillery Battery, IX Artillery Regiment Brigade Rothkirch 25th Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 71st Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 3rd Foot Artillery Battery, IX Artillery Regiment Brigade Roth 21st Infantry Regiment (Bohemia) 32nd Infantry Regiment (Hungary) 24th Feldjäger Battalion 2nd Foot Artillery Battery, IX Artillery Regiment Artillery IX Artillery Regiment One 4-pounder battery Two 8-pounder batteries Two Horse Artillery batteries One rocket battery Cavalry 3rd Uhlan Regiment, five squadrons
Feldmarschall-Leutnant Ludwig von Gablenz Deputy: General-Major Alexander Freiherr von Koller
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Mondel 10th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 24th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 12th Feldjäger Battalion 1st Foot Artillery Battery, III Artillery Regiment Brigade Grivicics 2nd Infantry Regiment (Siebenbürgen) 23rd Infantry Regiment (Banat) 16th Feldjäger Battalion 2nd Foot Artillery Battery, III Artillery Regiment Brigade Knebel 1st Infantry Regiment (Moravia/Silesia ) 3rd Infantry Regiment (Moravia) 28th Feldjäger Battalion 3rd Foot Artillery Battery, III Artillery Regiment Brigade Wimpffen 13th Infantry Regiment (Venetia) 58th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia) 4th Foot Artillery Battery, III Artillery Regiment Artillery III Artillery Regiment One 4-pounder batteries Two 8-pounder batteries One rocket battery Cavalry 9th Uhlan Regiment, three squadrons
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 1st Light Cavalry Division General-Major Leopold von Edelsheim-Gyulai
Brigade Appel 2nd Dragoon Regiment 9th Hussar Regiment 4th Horse Artillery Battery, XI Artillery Regiment Brigade Wallis 1st Dragoon Regiment 10th Hussar Regiment 5th Horse Artillery Battery, XI Artillery Regiment Brigade Fratricevies 5th Hussar Regiment 8th Hussar Regiment 6th Horse Artillery Battery, XI Artillery Regiment 2nd Light Cavalry Division General-Major Emmerich von Thurn und Taxis
Brigade Bellegarde 4th Hussar Regiment 12th Hussar Regiment 2nd Horse Artillery Battery, XI Artillery Regiment Brigade Westphalen 6th Hussar Regiment 14th Hussar Regiment 3rd Horse Artillery Battery, XI Artillery Regiment 1st Reserve (Heavy) Cavalry Division Feldmarschall-Leutnant Wilhelm zu Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg
Brigade Solms 4th Cuirassier Regiment 6th Cuirassier Regiment 8th Uhlan Regiment 5th Horse Artillery Battery, VI Artillery Regiment Brigade Schindloecker 9th Cuirassier Regiment 11th Cuirassier Regiment 7th Uhlan Regiment 6th Horse Artillery Battery, XI Artillery Regiment 2nd Reserve (Heavy) Cavalry Division General Carl von Egbell
Brigade Boxberg 3rd Cuirassier Regiment 7th Cuirassier Regiment 2nd Uhlan Regiment 4th Horse Artillery Battery, XII Artillery Regiment Brigade Soltyk 1st Cuirassier Regiment 5th Cuirassier Regiment 5th Uhlan Regiment 5th Horse Artillery Battery, XII Artillery Regiment 3rd Reserve (Heavy) Cavalry Division General-Major Karl von Coudenhove
Brigade Windischgraetz 2nd Cuirassier Regiment 8th Cuirassier Regiment 7th Uhlan Regiment 2nd Horse Artillery Battery, XII Artillery Regiment Brigade Mengen 10th Cuirassier Regiment 12th Cuirassier Regiment 11th Uhlan Regiment 3rd Horse Artillery Battery, XII Artillery Regiment
General der Infanterie Crown Prince Albert of Saxony
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 1st Division Generalleutnant Bernhard von Schimpff
2nd Brigade 5th Infantry Battalion 6th Infantry Battalion 7th Infantry Battalion 8th Infantry Battalion 2st Jaeger Battalion 3rd Brigade 9th Infantry Battalion 10th Infantry Battalion 11th Infantry Battalion 12th Infantry Battalion 3rd Jaeger Battalion Divisional troops 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment 4th Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment 12-pounder Artillery battery 6-pounder Artillery battery 2nd Division Generalleutnant Thuisko von Stieglitz
1st Brigade 1st Infantry Battalion 2nd Infantry Battalion 3rd Infantry Battalion 4th Infantry Battalion 1st Jaeger Battalion 4th (Leib) Brigade 13th Infantry Battalion 14th Infantry Battalion 15th Infantry Battalion 16th Infantry Battalion 4th Jaeger Battalion Divisional troops 4th Squadron, Guard Cavalry Regiment 4th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment 12-pounder Artillery battery 6-pounder Artillery battery Cavalry Division Generalleutnant Bernhard von Fritsch
1st Brigade Guard Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Regiment 2nd Brigade 2nd Cavalry Regiment 3rd Cavalry Regiment Divisional troops 12-pounder Horse Artillery battery Army Troops
Artillery Reserve I Artillery Brigade Two 12-pounder batteries, 6-pounder battery II Artillery Brigade 12-pounder battery, 6-pounder battery Pioneers 2 Pioneer Companies Pontoon Detachment
^ a b The 3rd Uhlans and 2nd Dragoons were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade during the battle. ^ During the battle, the 5th and 6th Divisions formed the First Army's reserve and were grouped together under Manstein's command. Some sources refer to this temporary group as the III Corps, after the peacetime command that both divisions were assigned to. ^ a b The 1st and 4th Uhlans were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade under V Corps during the battle. ^ The 8th Dragoons were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade with the 4th Hussars during the battle. ^ The Elbe Army was in effect the VIII Corps reinforced by the 14th Division. Bittenfeld was simultaneously commander of the Army and VIII Corps ^ The Reserve Corps did not take part in the battle. The leading element of the Corps, the Landwehr Guards Division, did not arrive until the evening following. ^ The primary recruiting district of Austrian Infantry Regiments is shown in brackets. ^ Attached from the 3rd Corps