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Siege of Strasbourg

August 16 – September 28, 1870 · Siege of Strasbourg

Result German victory

Werder's Baden and Prussian troops bombarded Strasbourg for six weeks until it surrendered.

On the map Contemporaries

Germany

France

North German Confederation

Kingdom of Prussia

Grand Duchy of Baden

France

August von Werder military commander

Jean-Jacques Uhrich military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 40,000c. 40,000
Casualties: 936c. 1,000
Wounded: 715
Missing: 44
Guns: c. 168

Strength: c. 23,000
Casualties: c. 19,500
Captured: c. 17,000
Guns: c. 400

Units

Werder's XIV Corps (1870–1871) XIV Corps (German Empire) 28th Division (German Empire)