Campaign of the Main

Campaign of the Main
	Part of Austro-Prussian War of 1866
	; Way of the Prussian Army in the campaign of the Main
Date	1 – 26 July 1866; (25 days)
Location	Hesse, Baden and Bavaria
Result	Prussian victory
Belligerents
Prussia; Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; Oldenburg; Lippe; Bremen;	Bavaria; Württemberg; Hesse-Kassel; Baden; Hesse-Darmstadt; Nassau; Austria;
Commanders and leaders
Edwin von Manteuffel; Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein;	Karl von Bayern; Alexander von Hessen-Darmstadt;
Strength
3 divisions:; 50,000 soldiers, thereof 41,000 infantry,; 4,000 cavalry,; 121 cannons	VIIth corps (Bavaria):; 4 divisions and corps-reserve:; 52,000 soldiers,; 144 cannons; ; VIIIth corps:; 4 divisions (Württemberg, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Austria / Nassau / Hesse-Kassel):; 48,000 soldiers,; 136 cannons
Casualties and losses
411 dead; 2,498 wounded; 153 missed	VIIth corps: 339 dead; 2,114 wounded; 1,604 missed ; VIIIth Korps: 402 dead; 1,439 wounded; 2,444 missed

The Campaign of the Main (in German: Mainfeldzug) was a campaign of the Prussian Army in the area of the River Main against the allies of Austria in southern Germany during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

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