Battle of Dijon (1870)
Series of battles in the Franco-Prussian War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battles of Dijon were a series of battles that took place in 1870 and 1871, as part of the Franco-Prussian War, on the current territory of the French commune of Dijon between the French Republic and the German states of Prussia and Baden and later, the German Empire.
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Battles of Dijon | |||||||
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Part of Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
Garibaldi in Dijon by Sebastiano De Albertis, 1877 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Republic |
Baden[5] German Empire[6] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Giuseppe Garibaldi[7] Adrien François Louis Fauconnet † Józef Hauke-Bosak † |
August von Werder[8] Major General Von Kettlerr[9][10] Prince Wilhelm (WIA)[11] Gustav von Beyer[11] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Army of the Vosges[12] | 61st Pomeranian Regiment | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
50,000 troops (third battle)[3] | 4,000 troops (third battle) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
First battle: 100 killed 200 captured[5] |
First battle: 150 Killed and wounded[5] Third battle: 700 killed and wounded 1 flag captured[3] | ||||||
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