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Battle of Spicheren

August 6, 1870 · Battle of Spicheren

Result German victory

Prussian troops stormed the Spicheren heights south of Saarbrücken and drove off Frossard's corps.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

North German Confederation

Kingdom of Prussia

France

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz military commander

Charles Auguste Frossard military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 37,000c. 35,000
Casualties: c. 4,900
Killed: 843c. 850
Wounded: 3,656c. 3,650
Captured: 372
Missing: c. 400
Guns: c. 108

Strength: 29,000c. 28,000
Casualties: 1,982c. 4,100
Captured: 2,096
Guns: 90c. 90

Units

III Corps (German Empire) VII Corps (German Empire) X Corps (German Empire) 14th Division (German Empire) 16th Division (German Empire) 5th Division (German Empire)

French II Corps (1870)