Battle of Beaumont

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

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

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

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Howard, M. (1991) [1961]. The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26671-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Wawro, G. (2003). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58436-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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