Battle Of Loigny-Poupry
North German Confederation
Bavaria
French Republic Commanders and leaders
Friedrich Franz II
Antoine Chanzy Strength
35,000
45,000 Casualties and losses
4,139
6,000–7,000
3,500–4,500 killed or wounded
2,500 captured
3,500–4,500 killed or wounded
2,500 captured
The Battle of Loigny–Lumeau-Poupry was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War. It took place on 2 December 1870 during the Loire Campaign on a frontline between Loigny, Lumeau and Poupry.
After the Battle of Villepion, an army detachment (Armee-Abteilung) under the command of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, engaged the French Army of the Loire and defeated them. The French force was led by General Antoine Chanzy (16th corps d'armée), supported in the afternoon by General Gaston de Sonis (17th corps d'armée).
The next day started the Second Battle of Orléans (1870).
Sources
- Loigny–Poupry, Battle of
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 287–288.
- History of the Franco-Prussian War
- A Soldier's Message by DCN, Comet Press, 1958
External links
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