After impressively defeating the
 Prussian I Corps at Trautenau, 
Austrian Field Marshal Ludwig 
von Gablenz made plans to crush 
the Prussian Guards. 

Retreating his battered X Korps 
to Frederick the Great's old 
battlefield at Soor, Gablenz 
sent word to Benedek, requesting
reinforcements.  Gablenz' plan 
was to have X Korps funnel the 
Guards advance past Staudenz 
with artillery and rifle fire 
from the north and east.  At 
the proper moment, units from 
Field Marshal Tassilio Graf 
Festetics' IV Korps would then 
hit the Guards in the flank, 
from the south.  The victory at 
Trautenau would be repeated.

Benedek originally gave his 
approval to the plan, but later 
changed his mind, and ordered 
Festetics to retreat.  In an 
episode all too typical of the 
Austrian High Command in the 
war, no one bothered to tell 
Gablenz, who found himself 
trapped by, instead of trapping,
the Prussian Guard Corps.

On June 28th, 1866, The Prussian
I Guards Division rolled back 
the defenders near Staudenz, 
inflicting heavy casualties 
with their Needle-guns.  
Meanwhile, to the north, the
II Guards cut the Austrian 
Brigade Grivicic off from the 
rest of X Korps and effectively 
destroyed it, capturing Colonel 
Grivicic himself in the process.
 
Gablenz retreated south that 
evening - a stunning Prussian 
victory.