✦ History

Part of Franco-Prussian War

Battle of Beaumont (1870)

August 30, 1870 · Battle of Beaumont (1870)

Result German victory

The Army of the Meuse surprised de Failly's French V Corps at Beaumont as MacMahon marched to relieve Metz.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

North German Confederation
Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Bavaria
France
Gustav von Alvensleben military commander Georg I of Saxony military commander Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen military commander
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 68,000
Casualties
3,400c. 3,600
Killed
c. 670
Wounded
c. 2,730
Missing
c. 200
Guns
c. 276
Casualties
7,500c. 6,500
Guns
c. 246
Guns lost
c. 42

Units

Prussian Army of the Meuse (1870–1871) I Royal Bavarian Corps IV Corps (German Empire) XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps 23rd Division (German Empire) 24th Division (German Empire) 7th Division (German Empire) 8th Division (German Empire)
Army of Châlons 5th Army Corps (France)