Battle of Beaumont explained

Partof:the Franco-Prussian War
Conflict:Battle of Beaumont
Date:30 August 1870
Place:near Beaumont-en-Argonne, France
Result:German victory
Combatant1: North German Confederation
Combatant2: France
Commander1:
Gustav von Alvensleben
Prince Georg of Saxony

Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann
Commander2: Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
Units1: IV Corps
XII Corps
I Royal Bavarian Corps
Units2: V Corps
Casualties1:3,400
Casualties2:7,500

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.

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