Explore the reasons behind Prussia's conflict with Denmark in the Schleswig Wars. Learn about the political, territorial, and military factors that led to the battles over the duchies of Schleswig and ...

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THE DANISH WAR.; THE DUKE OF AUGUSTENBURG. Share full article. July 18, 1864. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 18, 1864, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

Usually able to hold territory on the defensive, his forces struggled to evict enemy troops from Prussian real estate as the war dragged on. The Russians occupied the capital of royal Prussia, ...