Battle of Beaumont

The Battle of Beaumont on 30 August 1870 was won by Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War.

Battle of Beaumont
Part of the Franco-Prussian War
Date 30 August 1870 Location near Beaumont-en-Argonne, France Result German victory
Belligerents
North German Confederation  Saxony  Bavaria	France
Commanders and leaders
Gustav von Alvensleben Prince Georg of Saxony Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann	Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
Units involved
IV Corps XII Corps I Royal Bavarian Corps	V Corps
Casualties and losses
3,400	7,500 5,700 killed and wounded 1,800 captured 28 guns 8 mitrailleuse

It was fought between the French V Corps under general Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, and IV Corps under general Constantin von Alvensleben, XII Corps under Prince Georg of Saxony along with the I Royal Bavarian Corps under general Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann. The French were surprised in their cantonments and driven back upon Mouzon, with losses of 7,500 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,400.[1][2]

Footnotes

1. Howard 1991, p. 161.
2. Wawro 2000, p. 209. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWawro2000 (help)

References

• Howard, M. (1991) [1961]. The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26671-8.
• Wawro, G. (2003). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58436-1.