✦ History

Part of Franco-Prussian War

Battle of Amiens (1870)

November 27, 1870 · Battle of Amiens (1870)

Result German victory

Manteuffel's First Army beat the new French Army of the North and took Amiens.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

Other

North German Confederation
Kingdom of Prussia
France
August Karl von Goeben military commander Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel military commander
Jean-Joseph Farre military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
43,000c. 35,000
Casualties
1,292c. 1,600
Killed
c. 230
Wounded
c. 1,070
Missing
300c. 300
Guns
c. 137
Strength
c. 25,000
Casualties
c. 3,500
Killed
c. 260
Wounded
c. 1,140
Missing
c. 2,100
Guns
c. 42
Guns lost
c. 9

Units

I Corps (German Empire) VIII Corps (German Empire) 15th Division (German Empire) 16th Division (German Empire) 2nd Division (German Empire)
Army of the North (1870–1871)
1st Division (German Empire)