The Bavarian army, which fought the War of 1866, was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document, which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. The narrative presents a detailed account of the mobilization of the army, and its actions against the Prussians during July 1866. Moreover, the work contains appendices, which present an order of battle, the authorized strengths of the formations, and extensive tables of strengths and casualties for all of the actions, and as such, these are valuable. Translator Stuart Sutherland’s additional explanatory notes, as well as an extensive guide to further reading added by Duncan Rogers compliment the original text.

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction to this edition
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 Deployment between Bayreuth and Schweinfurt
• 2 The 8th Federal Corps at the start of the war
• 3 The concentration of the Bavarian army around Schweinfurt
• 4 The entry into Thuringia
• 5 Beginning of the westward movement of the army. The first encounters with the enemy — fights at Rossdorf and Zella
  • Fight at Rossdorf
  • Fight at Zella
• 6 Advance of 8th Federal Corps on Fulda. Events with the Reserve Cavalry Corps from 2 to 5 July. Retreat of the Bavarians to the Saale. Retreat of 8th Federal Corps to Frankfurt am Main
• 7 The actions on the Saale
  • Action at Kissingen
  • Fight at Hammelburg
• 8 Movements of the Bavarian army from 11 to 23 July
• 9 Actions of 8th Federal Corps on the Main. Its retreat through the Odenwald to join the Bavarians. Events of 24 July
• 10 Actions near Würzburg
  • Action at Helmstadt and Uettingen (25 July)
  • Action at Uettingen, Rossbrunn and Hettstadt (26 July)
• 11 Events from 27 July to the end of hostilities
  • Bombardment of the Marienberg Fortress
  • Events in the districts of the troops sent to the defence of northwestern Bavaria
• The garrison of Mainz
• Conclusion
• I Order of Battle
• II Authorized strength of the Army on its placing on a war footing, 20 June 1866
• III Tables of strengths at the several actions
• IV Tables of losses at the several actions
• Further reading by Duncan Rogers
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