Not to be confused with the Battle of Beaugency (1429) during the Hundred Years' War.
| Battle of Beaugency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Prussian Army Group (XIII. XIII. Korps etc.) |
 Armée de la Loire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Frederick Francis II | General Chanzy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 27,000 infantrymen | ca. 110.000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ? | ? | ||||||
The Battle of Beaugency was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War contested between the army group of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, and the French Armée de la Loire, won by the Prussians. It lasted from 8 to 10 December 1870 and occurred on the left bank of the Loire River to the northwest of the town of Beaugency. Due to the large area over which it was fought, it is also known as the Battle of Beaugency-Cravant or the Battle of Villorceau-Josnes.
Notes[]
Sources[]
- Compton’s Home Library: Battles of the World
- Friedrich Engels: On the War, The Pall Mall Gazette Nr. 1824 of 17 December 1870
- Amtspresse Preußen
External links[]
- (German) Orléans, in: Meyers Konversationslexikon, Vol 12. p 444 f
- (German) Beaugency, in Meyers Konversationslexikon, Vol 2 p 574
- (German) http://www.preussenweb.de Preußen-Seite
- (French) http://www.loire1870.fr/
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