Siege of Phalsbourg
The siege of Phalsbourg was an early battle of the Franco-Prussian War that was fought between the French Empire (later French Republic) against Germany at Phalsbourg near the Vosges beginning on 10 August 1870, and ending on 12 December of the same year.
| Siege of Phalsbourg | |||||||
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| Part of Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
One of the fortified gates in Phalsbourg | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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French Empire French Republic | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Pierre Taillant Major Talhouet |
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Tümpling Major Von Giese | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Garde Mobile | VI Corps | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| One battalion of 63rd Line Regiment , 100 artillerymen , one Garde Mobile battalion and 500 native Algerian soldiers and Zouaves | 12th Division of the VI Corps | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 52 officers and 1,837 – 1,839 captured, 65 artillery pieces and many war reserves were seized | 1 officer and 1 soldier wounded | ||||||
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