Trautenau, Battle of
1866 CE
The Battle of Trautenau (German: Schlacht bei Trautenau) or Battle of Trutnov is fought on June 27, 1866, during the Austro-Prussian War.
It is the only battle of the war that ends in an Austrian victory over the Prussians, but at a large cost.
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Generalfeldmarschall Adolf von Bonin’s I Corps emerges from the passes on the same day and is caught in the open on its way through Trautenau towards Pilníkov, where it hopes to link up with the First Army.
Although the battle is an Austrian victory, the cost is high, the Austrians losing about five thousand men to the Prussians fourteen hundred.
Although the Prussian I Corps had been driven back, Glabenz’s position has become untenable.
To his left, Steinmetz's V Corps has broken through at Nachod and to his right the Prussian Guard Corps is nearing Eipel, threatening both his flanks.
Gablenz tries to evade encirclement by the Prussian Guards the following day but has to sacrifice most of his Grivicic brigade, which is nearly destroyed at Burkersdorf and Rudersdorf, to enable his retreat.