The Battle of Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais[8] was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War,[6] which took place on November 18, 1870,[1] in the commune of Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais in France.[2][9] This was one of a series of victories by a division of the Prussian army along the Loire under the command of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin before the Garde Mobile's forces fledgling by commander Minister Fiereck, within a week after the Imperial German Army was defeated at the Battle of Coulmiers.[3] During the Battle of Châteauneuf-en-Thimerais, the 22nd Division of the Kingdom of Prussia – noted as a brave division[2] – was under the command of General Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Wittich who captured the commune,[1] taking in his hands hundreds of French prisoners of war.[10] The failure at this battle forced the French forces to retreat westward.[5]
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- ^ a b c d Frederick III, German Emperor, The war diary of the Emperor Frederick III, 1870-1871, Page 196
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- ^ a b Julius von Pflugk-Harttung, Sir John Frederick Maurice, The Franco-German war, 1870-71, Page 399
- ^ a b "The French Campaign, 1870-1871: Military Description"
- ^ Streffleurs militärische Zeitschrift, Số phát hành 8-12, Page 205
- ^ Paul Von Abel, Stammliste Der Königlich Preußischen Armee, Page 142
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig ¬von Wittich, Aus Meinem Tagebuche: 1870 - 71, Page 357
- ^ "Journals of Field-Marshall Count von Blumenthal for 1866 and 1870-71;"
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Ludwig von Wittich[4]
