“The Second Greatest Battle of Modern Times”

  • Jonathan Marwil
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Abstract

Late in the morning of June 14, Franz Joseph visited the great military hospital in Verona. He paid his respects to the wounded, speaking to several “in their national languages,” and examined the wards and kitchen. In the latter he tasted the soup and meat prepared for the soldiers’ noonday meal. Two days later the kaiser reviewed the seventh and eighth army corps at Lonato, and on June 18 he sacked Count Gyulai, by now the subject of intense criticism. There was even talk of a court martial for “wantonly and unnecessarily” sacrificing “his brave troops.”1 Replacing him was Count Franz Schlick, a veteran of many campaigns, during one of which he had lost an eye. But Schlick was to command only the Second Army. The emperor, intent on continuing “the struggle which Austria was obliged to begin in defense of her honor and rights,” was taking supreme command of his forces.2

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Modern Time National Guard French Army Foreign Legion Union Army 
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