Battle of Beaumont

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

For the 1794 battle, see Battle of Beaumont (1794).
Battle of Beaumont
Part of the Franco-Prussian War
Date30 August 1870
Location
near Beaumont-en-Argonne, France
Result German victory
Belligerents

North German Confederation

 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.

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.

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