✦ History

Part of Austro-Prussian War

Battle of Gitschin

June 29, 1866 · Battle of Gitschin

Result Prussian victory

The Prussian First Army drove the Austrian I Corps and the Saxons out of Jičín.

On the map Contemporaries

Prussia and allies

Austria and allies

Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Saxony
August von Werder military commander Wilhelm von Tümpling military commander
Albert I of Saxony military commander Eduard Clam-Gallas military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
26,000c. 26,000
Casualties
1,553c. 1,600
Killed
329c. 340
Wounded
1,212c. 1,260
Guns
c. 78
Strength
c. 44,000
Casualties
c. 5,600
Killed
c. 730
Wounded
c. 2,170
Missing
c. 2,600
Guns
c. 162

Austrian Empire Casualties 4,704

Units

Prussian First Army (1866)
Austrian North Army (1866) 5th Division (German Empire)