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.
Ranks and translations Prussian Army Royal Saxon ArmyAustrian ArmyGeneralfeldmarschall (Field Marshal)Feldmarschall (Field Marshal)General der Infanterie (General of Infantry) General der Kavallerie (General of Cavalry)Feldzeugmeister General der Kavallerie (Cavalry General)Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General)Feldmarschallleutnant (Lieutenant Field Marshal)Generalmajor (Major General)General-Major (Major General)
Prussian Armies King William I of Prussia
General der Infanterie Helmuth von Moltke
First Army General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz
III Corps General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others5th 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 The 3rd Uhlans and 2nd Dragoons were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade during the battle. 3rd Pioneer Battalion I Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment6th Division
Generalleutnant Albrecht Gustav von MansteinDuring 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. 11th Brigade 35th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Regiment 12th Brigade 24th Infantry Regiment 64th Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 2nd Dragoon Regiment 3rd Jäger Battalion III Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
IV Corps DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others7th 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 Regiment8th Division
Generalleutnant Heinrich Friedrich von Horn 15th Brigade 31st Infantry Regiment 71st Infantry Regiment 16th Brigade 72nd Infantry Regiment Divisional troops 6th Uhlan Regiment 4th Jäger Battalion III Battalion, 4th Field Artillery RegimentArmy troops Artillery Reserve 3rd Field Artillery Regiment II Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Regiment II Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion
II Corps Generalleutnant Stephan von Schmidt
DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others3rd 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 Regiment4th Division
Generalleutnant Friedrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld 7th Brigade 9th Infantry Regiment 49th Infantry Regiment 8th Brigade 21st Infantry Regiment 61st Infantry Regiment Artillery4th Uhlan Regiment III Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery RegimentCorps 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
Cavalry Corps General der Kavallerie Prince Albert of Prussia
DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others1st 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 Regiment2nd 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 RegimentCorps TroopsArtillery4th Horse Artillery Battery, Guards Artillery Regiment
Second Army General der Infanterie Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersReserve 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 Artillery2nd Horse Artillery Battery, 6th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Horse Artillery Battery, 5th Field Artillery Regiment
Guard Corps General der Kavallerie Prince August of Württemberg
DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others1st Guards Division
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Hiller von Gärtringen 1st Guards Brigade 1st Guards Regiment 3rd Guards Regiment 2nd Guards Brigade 2nd Guards Regiment Guards Fusilier RegimentDivisional troops Guards Hussar Regiment Guards Jäger Battalion I Battalion, Guards Artillery Regiment2nd Guards Division
Generalleutnant Heinrich von Plonski 3rd Guards Brigade 1st Grenadiers Regiment 3rd Grenadiers Regiment 4th Guards Brigade 2nd Grenadiers Regiment 4th Grenadiers RegimentDivisional troops 3rd Guards Uhlan Regiment Guards Rifles Battalion III Battalion, Guards Artillery RegimentCorps troops 1st Heavy Cavalry Brigade Garde du Corps Guards Cuirassier Regiment 3rd Horse Artillery Battery, Guards Artillery Regiment Artillery II Battalion, Guards Artillery Regiment 4th Horse Artillery Battery, Guards Artillery Regiment
I Corps General der Infanterie Adolf von Bonin
DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others1st 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 Regiment2nd 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 RegimentCorps 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
V Corps General der Infanterie Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz
DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others9th 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 The 1st and 4th Uhlans were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade under V Corps during the battle. I Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment10th 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 III Battalion, 5th Artillery RegimentCorps troops Artillery Reserve 5th Artillery Regiment II Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion
VI Corps General der Kavallerie Louis von Mutius
DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others11th 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 The 8th Dragoons were detached to form a temporary Cavalry Brigade with the 4th Hussars during the battle. Silesian Pioneer Battalion II Battalion, 6th Artillery Regiment12th 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 RegimentCorps troops Cavalry 4th Hussar Regiment Artillery Reserve 6th Artillery Regiment I Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion
Elbe Army General der Infanterie Karl Eberhard Herwarth von BittenfeldThe Elbe Army was in effect the VIII Corps reinforced by the 14th Division. Bittenfeld was simultaneously commander of the Army and VIII Corps
Chief of Staff: Colonel Ludwig von Schlotheim
DivisionBrigade Regiments and Others14th Division
Generalleutnant Hugo Eberhard zu Münster-Meinhövel 27th Brigade 16th Infantry Regiment 56th Infantry Regiment 28th Brigade 17th Infantry Regiment 57th Infantry RegimentDivisional troops7th Dragoons Regiment 7th Jäger Battalion III Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment15th Division
Generalleutnant Philipp Carl von Canstein 29th Brigade 25th Infantry Regiment 65th Infantry Regiment 30th Brigade 28th Infantry Regiment 68th Infantry RegimentDivisional troops7th Hussars Regiment III Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment16th Division
Generalleutnant Friedrich August von Etzel 31st Brigade 29th Infantry Regiment 69th Infantry Regiment Fusilier Brigade 33rd Fusilier Regiment 34th Fusilier RegimentDivisional troops8th Jäger Battalion 1st Horse Artillery Battery, 8th Field Artillery Regiment 2 Field Artillery Batteries, 8th Field Artillery RegimentArmy troops 14th Cavalry Brigade 5th Uhlan Regiment 11th Hussar Regiment Reserve Cavalry Brigade 7th Hussar Regiment 8th Cuirassier Regiment Pomeranian Landwehr Reiter RegimentArtillery Reserve 7th Artillery Regiment II Battalion 1st and 2nd Horse Artillery Batteries 8th Artillery Regiment II Battalion 2nd and 4th Horse Artillery Batteries
I Reserve Corps Generalleutnant Gustav von der MülbeThe 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.
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersLandwehr 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 RegimentCombined Landwehr Division 1st Landwehr Brigade 9th Landwehr Regiment 21st Landwehr Regiment 2nd Landwehr Brigade 13th Landwehr Regiment 15th Landwehr RegimentLandwehr Cavalry Division Six Landwehr Cavalry Regiments
Austrian North Army Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Benedek
Chief of Staff: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Alfred von Henikstein
Brigade Regiments and OthersArmy Artillery Reserve VI Artillery Regiment XI Artillery Regiment XII Artillery Regiment Total: Sixteen Artillery batteries
1st Corps General der Kavallerie Eduard Clam-Gallas
Deputy: General-Major Leopold Gondrecourt
Brigade Regiments and Others Brigade Poschacher 30th Infantry Regiment (East Galicia)The primary recruiting district of Austrian Infantry Regiments is shown in brackets. 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 Attached from the 3rd Corps 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
2nd Corps Feldmarschall-Leutnant Karl von Thun und Hohenstein