What the records say
- When
- 27 Jun 1866
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.11° N, 10.65° E
- Description
- 1866 battle in the Austro-Prussian war
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Langensalza (1866)
1866 battle in the Austro-Prussian war
The Battle of Langensalza was fought on 27 June 1866, during the Austro-Prussian War, near Bad Langensalza in what is now modern Germany, between the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Prussia. The Hanoverians won the battle but were then surrounded by a larger and reinforced Prussian army. Unable to link up with their Bavarian allies to the south, the Hanoverians surrendered.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Langensalza: The Prussians defeat the Hanoverian army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Langensalza zwischen den mit dem Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha verbündeten Preußen und dem Königreich Hannover im Deutschen Krieg…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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