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  1. At the outset of the war in June, the Prussian armies were gathered along the Prussian border: the Army of the Elbe under Karl Herwarth von Bittenfeld at Torgau , the First Army under Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia between Senftenberg and Gorlitz , and the Second Army under Crown Prince Frederick in Silesia west of Nei?e (Nysa) . The Austrian army under Ludwig von Benedek was concentrated at Olmutz (Olomouc) . The campaign began with Herwath von Bittenfeld’s advance to Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony , where he easily defeated the Saxon army of 23,000 and joined with the First Army.

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