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Battle of Bapaume (1871)

January 3, 1871 · Battle of Bapaume (1871)

Result French victory

Faidherbe's army fought Goeben's Prussians at Bapaume without relieving Péronne.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

North German Confederation

Kingdom of Prussia

France

Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel military commander

Louis Faidherbe military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 18,000c. 23,000
Casualties: c. 1,100
Missing: c. 100
Guns: c. 137

Strength: c. 37,000
Casualties: c. 2,500
Missing: c. 1,150
Guns: c. 90

Units

15th Division (German Empire)

Army of the North (1870–1871)