What the records say
- When
- 13 Jul 1866
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.01° N, 9.26° E
- Description
- battle of Frohnhofen
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Frohnhofen
The Battle of Frohnhofen or Battle of Laufach took place on 13 July 1866 as part of the Main Campaign of the Prussian Army in the Austro-Prussian War. In a battle lasting several hours, the Prussian 26th Infantry Brigade repulsed attacks by the 3rd (Hessian) Division of the VIII. Corps of the North German Confederation, with the Hessians suffering heavy losses.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Preußen besiegt das Großherzogtum Hessen im Gefecht bei Frohnhofen und sichert sich damit die Spessartübergänge”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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