Battle of Hallue

Infobox Military Conflict


caption=
partof=the Franco-Prussian War
conflict=Battle of Hallue
date=December 23-24, 1870
place=north-east of Amiens, France
result=Stalemate
combatant1=flagicon|Prussia|1803 Prussia
combatant2=flagicon|France France
commander1=Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
commander2=Louis Faidherbe
strength1=22,500 soldiers
strength2=40,000 "citizen soldiers"
casualties1=927 soldiers killed and wounded
casualties2=1,000+ soldiers killed,
1,300 soldiers captured|

The Battle of Hallue was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War on December 23 and 24, 1870.

The battle was fought between 40,000 French irregulars under General Louis Faidherbe and 22,500 Prussian troops under Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel. The French lost heavily in the village lying in front of their position. However, the Prussians were unable to carry the entrenchments on the heights. After the attack was repulsed, the French assumed the offensive, but with no decisive result. One-thousand French soldiers were killed, and 1,300 were imprisoned. About 927 German troops were killed and wounded.

References

*George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).