✦ History

Part of Franco-Prussian War

Battle of Wissembourg (1870)

August 4, 1870 · Battle of Wissembourg (1870)

Result German victory

The Prussian Third Army overran Abel Douay's French division at Wissembourg in the first battle of the war.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

Other

Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Bavaria
Grand Duchy of Baden
France
Frederick III, German Emperor military commander Hugo von Kirchbach military commander Jakob von Hartmann military commander
Abel Douay military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
25,000
Casualties
1,551
Guns
144
Strength
6,000
Casualties
1,600
Captured
700
Guns
12
Guns lost
1

Units

II Royal Bavarian Corps V Corps (German Empire) XI Corps (German Empire) 4th Royal Bavarian Division 9th Division (German Empire)
French I Corps (1870) 1st Infantry Division (France)
10th Division (German Empire)