- Battle of Beaumont
Infobox Military Conflict
caption=
partof=theFranco-Prussian War
conflict=Battle of Beaumont
date=August 30 1870
place=near Buzancy,France
result=Prussian victory
combatant1=flagicon|Prussia|1803 Prussia
combatant2=flagicon|France France
commander1=George of Saxony
commander2=Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
casualties1=3,500 soldiers
casualties2=4,800 soldiers,
42 guns|The Battle of Beaumont on
August 30 1870 was a defeat for the French during theFranco-Prussian War .It was fought between Fifth French Corps d'Armee under General
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly , and the IV and XII (Royal Saxon) Army Corps under KingGeorge of Saxony (the XII Army Corps was all-Saxon, while the IV Army Corps was a mix of regiments fromAnhalt ,Prussian Saxony and the Thuringian states). The French were surprised in their cantonments and driven back upon Monzon, with losses of 4,800 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,500.References
*George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).
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