Battle of Nompatelize

Battle of Nompatelize

Battle Map
Date6 October 1870[2]
Location
Between Étival-Clairefontaine and Nompatelize, Vosges, France[3][4][5]
Result German Victory[6]
Belligerents
 French Republic

 North German Confederation

 Baden[1]
Commanders and leaders
Louis-François Dupré (WIA)[3][7] Alfred von Degenfeld[3]
Strength
10,000[8]-12,000[1] men 6,000[8]-10,000[6] men
Casualties and losses
900 killed or wounded
600 captured[8]		 500 killed or wounded[8]

The Battle of Nompatelize,[9][10] also known as the Battle of Etival,[11] was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War on 6 October 1870,[1][12] between Etival and Nompatelize in the province of Vosges from Strasbourg 64 km southwest.[3] This battle marked the first major crackdown of franc-tireur operations in the Vosges region by the XIV Corps of the Prussians by Minister August von Werder in early October 1870.[4] In matches fiercely this,[13] A force of the Army of Rhône of the French Republic under the command of General Louis-François Dupré, who predominated to markedly document in terms of troop numbers,[6] and attacked 6 infantry battalions of the Grand Duchy of Baden under the command of General Alfred von Degenfeld which were part of the XIV Corps,[4] but were defeated.[6] Compared to the casualties of the German military, the losses of the French side in this battle were much greater (of which nearly 600 officers and soldiers were taken prisoner).[1] After seven hours of fighting,[7] the French were forced to flee in turmoil to Bruyeres and the Rambervillers.[6] The Battle of Etival contributed to General Werder wiping out the French from Alsace.[14]

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  8. ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 558.
  9. ^ Eugène Désiré Édouard Sergent, L'armée de l'Est: relation anecdotique de la campagne de 1870–71, d'après de nombreux témoignages oculaires et de nouveaux documents, Volume 1, Page 83
  10. ^ Revue des eaux et forêts, Episode 44, Page 187
  11. ^ Johann Friedrich ¬von Cotta, Allgemeine Zeitung München, Page 3,503
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  13. ^ "La grande guerre sur le front occidental"
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