SKIRMISH BETWEEN AUSTRIANS AND PRUSSIANS IN SILESIA.
Neisse, June 23. Hostilities have been commenced by the Prussian" army corps in Silesia Early yesterday morning three Prussian detachments were sent out to reconnoitre towards Zuckmantle, Friedburg, and Freiwalden. The last of these detachments between Breitenfurt and Sandhubel came upon an Austrian regiment of hussars.
The Prussian needle gun was very effective, and enabled the 10th fusilier regiment to repulse easily the charge of the hussars. The Austrians lost eight men killed and five wounded. No casualities occurred on the Prussian side.
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West Coast Times, Issue 288, 25 August 1866, Page 1 (Supplement)
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90SKIRMISH BETWEEN AUSTRIANS AND PRUSSIANS IN SILESIA. West Coast Times, Issue 288, 25 August 1866, Page 1 (Supplement)
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