✦ History

Part of Franco-Prussian War

Battle of St. Quentin (1871)

January 19, 1871 · Battle of St. Quentin (1871)

Result Prussian victory

Goeben beat Faidherbe's Army of the North at Saint-Quentin.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Germany

Other

France
Kingdom of Prussia
German Empire
Louis Faidherbe military commander
August Karl von Goeben military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
40,000
Casualties
3,500
Captured
9,000
Strength
33,000
Casualties
2,500
Captured
100

Units

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