The Second Battle of Orléans was fought during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. It took place on December 3 and 4, 1870 and was part of the Loire Campaign. The Germans recaptured Orléans, which had been retaken by the French on November 11, 1870 after the Battle of Coulmiers, and divided the French Army of the Loire in two. Future king of Serbia, Peter, took part in the battle on the French side. The French lost 20,000 men in two days of combat, including 18,000 captured or missing, as well as 74 guns and four gunboats.[2] German manpower losses amounted to 2,000, of which 400 killed and 1,600 wounded.[1] The Germans lost 368 horses, including 175 killed, 183 wounded and 10 missing.[3]
second, battle, orléans, similarly, titled, battles, battle, orléans, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources. For similarly titled battles see Battle of Orleans This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Second Battle of Orleans news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Second Battle of Orleans was fought during the Franco Prussian War of 1870 It took place on December 3 and 4 1870 and was part of the Loire Campaign The Germans recaptured Orleans which had been retaken by the French on November 11 1870 after the Battle of Coulmiers and divided the French Army of the Loire in two Future king of Serbia Peter took part in the battle on the French side The French lost 20 000 men in two days of combat including 18 000 captured or missing as well as 74 guns and four gunboats 2 German manpower losses amounted to 2 000 of which 400 killed and 1 600 wounded 1 The Germans lost 368 horses including 175 killed 183 wounded and 10 missing 3 Second Battle of OrleansPart of the Franco Prussian WarGerman troops enter Orleans on 4 December 1870Date3 4 December 1870LocationOrleans FranceResultGerman victoryBelligerentsNorth German Confederation Kingdom of Prussia BavariaFranceCommanders and leadersFrederick Francis IIFriedrich Karl Ludwig von der TannLouis d Aurelle de PaladinesStrength86 000 1 62 000 1 Casualties and losses400 killed1 600 wounded 1 3 000 killed or wounded18 000 captured or missing74 guns and 4 gunboats captured 1 Citations edit a b c d e Bodart 1908 p 564 German General Staff 1880 p 364 German General Staff 1880 p 116 References editvon Moltke Helmuth The Franco German war of 1870 71 London J R Osgood McIlvaine amp co 1891 p29 41 German General Staff 1880 The Franco German War 1870 71 Part 2 Volume 1 London Clowes amp Sons Bodart Gaston 1908 Militar historisches Kriegs Lexikon 1618 1905 Wien und Leipzig C W Stern 47 54 09 N 1 54 32 E 47 9025 N 1 9090 E 47 9025 1 9090 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Second Battle of Orleans amp oldid 1216537279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
