Battle of Beaugency (1870)

Not to be confused with the Battle of Beaugency (1429) during the Hundred Years' War.

Battle of Beaugency

Date	8–10 December 1870
Location	Beaugency, Loiret, France
Result	Prussian victory

Belligerents

Prussia

France

Commanders and leaders

Frederick Francis II

General Chanzy

Strength

27,000 infantrymen

ca. 110.000 soldiers

Casualties and losses

Franco-Prussian War

Wissembourg Spicheren Wörth Borny–Colombey Strasbourg Toul Mars-la-Tour Gravelotte Metz Beaumont Noisseville Bazeilles Sedan Bellevue Coulmiers Havana Amiens Beaune-la-Rolande Villepion Loigny et Poupry Beaugency Hallue Bapaume Villersexel Le Mans Lisaine St. Quentin Paris Belfort Belgian reaction

The Battle of Beaugency was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War contested between the army group of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, and the French Armée de la Loire, won by the Prussians. It lasted from 8 to 10 December 1870 and occurred on the left bank of the Loire River to the northwest of the town of Beaugency. Due to the large area over which it was fought, it is also known as the Battle of Beaugency-Cravant or the Battle of Villorceau-Josnes.

Notes

Sources

Compton’s Home Library: Battles of the World
Friedrich Engels: On the War, The Pall Mall Gazette Nr. 1824 of 17 December 1870
Amtspresse Preußen

External links

(German) Orléans, in: Meyers Konversationslexikon, Vol 12. p 444 f
(German) Beaugency, in Meyers Konversationslexikon, Vol 2 p 574
(German) http://www.preussenweb.de Preußen-Seite
(French) http://www.loire1870.fr/

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