The losing commander at this clash tragically misinterpreted the phrase "has a battle taken place yet?" as sarcastic ridicule from his sovereign, whom he had telegraphed begging for peace negotiations.
The losing commander at this clash tragically misinterpreted the phrase "has a battle taken place yet?" as sarcastic ridicule from his sovereign, whom he had telegraphed begging for peace negotiations. Fighting bogged down around Swiep Forest in this battle, whose result prevented Archduke Albrecht from pursuing his victory at Custoza. The losers here refused to directly transfer Venetia to Italy, forcing Napoleon III to act as a middleman. In the months after this battle, France ordered mass production of the Chassepot to match an invention of Johann von Dreyse that used breech loading and a firing pin to give the victors at this clash a major advantage. Followed by the Peace of Prague this loss for von Benedek saw able use made of railroad lines and the needle gun by the elder Von Moltke. For 10 points, name this 1866 battle in Bohemia that ended the Austro-Prussian War.
The losing commander at this clash tragically misinterpreted the phrase "has a battle taken place yet?" as sarcastic ridicule from his sovereign, whom he had telegraphed begging for peace negotiations.
Battle of Koniggratz [or Battle of Sadowa; or apparently something called Hradec Kralove;]