Battle of Beaumont

Part of the Franco-Prussian War

Date	30 August 1870
Location	near Beaumont-en-Argonne, France
Result	Prussian victory

Belligerents

Prussia

Bavaria

France

Commanders and leaders

George of Saxony
Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann

Pierre Louis Charles de Failly

Casualties and losses

3,500 soldiers

4,800 soldiers,
42 guns

Franco–Prussian War

Wissembourg Spicheren Wörth Borny–Colombey Strasbourg Toul Mars-la-Tour Gravelotte Metz Beaumont Noisseville Bazeilles Sedan Bellevue Coulmiers Havana Amiens Beaune-la-Rolande Villepion Loigny et Poupry Beaugency Hallue Bapaume Villersexel Le Mans Lisaine St. Quentin Paris Belfort Belgian reaction

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

It was fought between Fifth French Anhalt, Prussian Saxony and the Thuringian states) 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 4,800 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,500.

References

George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).

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