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He n moving tr ps in the direction of the province of hles g-Hol­ stein, which was in the Empire. en edmont made thr te ng tr p movement Austria mobil d a inst Piedmont, but Bismarck accu F J f of mobili ng a inst and mobili d a inst Austria Austria declared war (June 1 1 the Seven Weeks War.
The Pru ians were tter prepared and able to move stantly the war was declar Within five days all three ian armise were in hemia, me 221, men Austria's only chance was to defeat the three ar individually. But they mov t fast and came t ther. In addi­ tion, the breech loaders enabled em sh t thr to five t es as fast as e Austrian
General nedek decided that if the Austrian army was going do it would go down fightin He pull his army together to fight the Battle of Koni atz (July 3} First nedek u d his artillery, but the Pru ians moved slowly rward Then he nt in his infantry. The Austrians fought heroically, but the Pru ina s advanced Next there was a battle in the w one p , the 27th Pru n Re ment went into battle with 3,0 men and officer They e out of the w s, having cleared out the Austrians, with wer than men and only two officers. The Austrians finally hel but at 3 , the Pru ian crown prince arrived with his army and threw in the fresh troo The Aus ians fou t bravely but couldn't hold Many units fought to the last man One Austrian rps lost 10,000 men _in twenty minut The battle and the war were over.
Then Bismarck made a generous peace that he could have Austria on his side in the war against France that he knew was coming. Piedmont received Venetia (though the Italians had lost th a land and a a battle to the Austrians1 and the German te tories were transferred from Au trian sovereignty to Pru ian
Now li ral pre ure from the Hun rians was coming alm t irre­ sistible. Franz J f felt that to ve the Empire, having lost the Italian and German territories, he must make far-reaching conce ions to the Hungari­ an The solution was the D Monarchy. Both the Austrian and Hungar­ ian halves of the Empire would grant parliament Each half would independent of the other except for the army, the Ministry of Forei Affairs, and certain finances connected with these. Franz J ef would Empe r of Austria and king of Hungary-two crowns, one head
In the me year, tragedy struck the royal family. Franz Josefs only brother had gone to Mexico at the request of Mexican traditionalists and with the military backing of Na leon to come Emperor of Mexico.