Battle of Helmstadt

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Battle of Helmstadt
Part of Austro-Prussian War
Date 25 July 1866 Location Helmstadt, Bavaria 49°45′25.0″N 9°42′31.7″E / 49.756944°N 9.708806°E / 49.756944; 9.708806 Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Prussia	Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Edwin von Manteuffel Gustav von Beyer	Prince Karl of Bavaria Johann Baptist Stephan Luitpold Ludwig
Units involved
1st Division Göben Division Beyer Division Flies Division	1st Division 3rd Division VIII Corps
Strength
15,000 men	24,000 men
Casualties and losses
13 officers and 340 men	36 officers and 694 men
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The Battle of Helmstadt was a battle in the Main Campaign of the Austro-Prussian War on 25 July 1866, between the Prussian Main Army and the VIII Corps of the German Federal Army which consisted of soldiers from the Kingdom of Bavaria.

On the plateau between Tauber and Main, the federal troops were pushed back again on the 25th near Helmstadt and Uettingen and near Gerchsheim. In the fighting, the to be Bavarian King Ludwig III was wounded. After the Prussian bombardment of the Bavarian troops in the Marienberg Fortress near Würzburg on 27 July, a local ceasefire was concluded, which was followed on 2 August by the general armistice.