Second Army (Austro-Prussian War)

About 3 o'clock the Austrian X Corps, commanded by Ludwig von Gablenz, arrived on the field.

[2] On 28 June, at 1 o'clock in the morning, Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia received the news of the loss at Trautenau.

On the same day the V Corps, commanded by Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, was fighting against the Austrians at Česká Skalice.

[4] On 30 June, Chief of Staff General von Moltke ordered the Second Army to stay in the upper Elbe area.

[5] During the Battle of Königgrätz, the Second Army was not on the battlefield but started to advance from 8 o'clock in the morning.

[6] However the arrival was delayed by bad road conditions due to heavy rains.