✦ History

Part of Franco-Prussian War

Battle of Wörth

August 6, 1870 · Battle of Wörth

Result German victory

The Prussian Third Army broke MacMahon's army at Frœschwiller-Wörth and opened Alsace.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

North German Confederation
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Bavaria
Grand Duchy of Baden
France
Frederick III, German Emperor military commander
Patrice de MacMahon military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
125,000c. 82,000
Casualties
c. 10,700
Killed
1,586c. 1,500
Wounded
7,590c. 7,800
Missing
1,373c. 1,400
Guns
342c. 300
Strength
c. 41,000
Casualties
c. 20,300
Missing
c. 12,300
Guns
c. 131
Guns lost
c. 33

Units

I Royal Bavarian Corps II Royal Bavarian Corps V Corps (German Empire) XI Corps (German Empire) XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps 10th Division (German Empire) 21st Division (German Empire) 22nd Division (German Empire) 4th Royal Bavarian Division 9th Division (German Empire)
French I Corps (1870)