{"id":214,"date":"2010-09-28T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.military-history.us\/?p=214"},"modified":"2014-01-03T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T07:33:13","slug":"my-ma-thesis-the-battle-of-koniggratz-3-july-1866-part-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/2010\/09\/my-ma-thesis-the-battle-of-koniggratz-3-july-1866-part-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"My MA Thesis-The Battle of K\u00f6niggr\u00e4tz -3 July 1866-Part # 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things about the battle that got me the most was the terrain. One thing I immediately noticed about Austrian dispositions for the battle was that they had refused both flanks and oriented their position on the main road from K\u00f6niggr\u00e4tz to Gitschin. It was only the successive hammer blows of multiple Prussian attacks that defeated the Austrians and not superior Prussian technology.\u00a0 Below is a map of Austrian dispositions before the battle; I know it is hard to really make anything out but I am having trouble getting the full 3mb file uploaded, when I do I will post it.<\/p>\n

\"Kt.2267,AFA<\/a>Map from \u00d6sterreichisches Staatsarchiv-Kriegsarchiv Accession Information: Karton 2267, AFA 1866-7-145<\/p>\n

The Austrians actually had a pretty good position for defense.\u00a0 They were arrayed along a line of hills behind a small river with the fortress city of K\u00f6niggr\u00e4tz about 1o miles behind them and K\u00f6niggr\u00e4tz itself is situated along the Elbe River which is another obstacle in and of itself.\u00a0 Add to that that the Austrians had the better artillery and far and away the best terrain on which to site their artillery, which served them well in the battle and the questions about how the Austrians were defeated, becomes even more compelling to me.<\/p>\n

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