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Battle of Beaugency (1870)

December 8–10, 1870 · Battle of Beaugency (1870)

Result Prussian victory

Chanzy's half of the Army of the Loire fought a three-day rearguard battle on the Loire below Orléans.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

North German Confederation

Kingdom of Prussia

France

Frederick Francis II military commander

Antoine Chanzy military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 30,000c. 30,000
Casualties: c. 3,600
Killed: 600c. 600
Wounded: 2,900c. 2,900
Missing: 100c. 100
Guns: c. 200

Strength: c. 60,000
Casualties: c. 9,000
Missing: c. 4,000
Guns: c. 300
Guns lost: c. 10

Units

Army of the Loire