During the Austro-Prussian War the Archduke Leopold was given command of the Austrian VIII Corps. According to Wawro the Archduke was an incompetent princely commander who during the Battle of Skalitz, where his corps was severely mauled by the Prussian V Corps under Steinmetz, didn’t give a single order. Before the battle of Königgrätz the Archduke was replaced as corps commander by general Weber.