✦ History

Part of Franco-Prussian War

Siege of Paris (1870–1871)

September 19, 1870 – January 28, 1871 · Paris

Result German victory

German armies besieged Paris for four months while the new republic fought on. Hunger and bombardment forced an armistice; Wilhelm I had already been proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Germany

France
North German Confederation
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Bavaria
German Empire
Grand Duchy of Baden
Louis-Jules Trochu military commander Joseph Vinoy military commander
Wilhelm I King of Prussia, Headquarters at Versailles Frederick III, German Emperor Crown Prince of Prussia, His Third Army held the southern siege lines Helmuth von Moltke the Elder military commander Albert I of Saxony military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
200,000c. 400,000
Casualties
24,000c. 24,000
Missing
c. 8,000
Guns
c. 1,964
Guns lost
c. 1,964
Strength
240,000c. 240,000
Casualties
16,000c. 12,000
Missing
c. 2,000
Guns
c. 1,138

Units

Prussian Army of the Meuse (1870–1871) Prussian Third Army (1870) I Royal Bavarian Corps II Royal Bavarian Corps Guards Corps (German Empire) II Corps (German Empire) IV Corps (German Empire) V Corps (German Empire) VI Corps (German Empire) XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps 10th Division (German Empire) 11th Division (German Empire) 12th Division (German Empire) 17th Division (German Empire) 21st Division (German Empire) 22nd Division (German Empire) 23rd Division (German Empire) 24th Division (German Empire) 3rd Division (German Empire) 4th Division (German Empire) 4th Royal Bavarian Division 7th Division (German Empire) 8th Division (German Empire) 9th Division (German Empire)