ORDER OF BATTLE // July 23, 1866
Battle of Hundheim
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 5,800 estimated
Prussia
1,300
Medium-confidence figure
Baden
4,500
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Hundheim was a secondary engagement within the Campaign of the Main, the western theater of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Prussia, allied with Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, engaged the larger Baden force at Hundheim on July 23, 1866. Baden fielded approximately 4,500 troops against a Prussian force of around 1,300, yet Baden sustained 102 casualties. The engagement was part of Prussia's broader effort to neutralize the German states aligned with Austria before a general settlement could be imposed, pressing Baden and other Main Confederation members into submission as the war moved toward its conclusion.
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