Siege of Soissons

Siege of Soissons
Part of Franco-Prussian War
DateSeptember 11[1] - October 16, 1870[2]
Location
Soissons, Aisne, France[3]
Result German victory[4][5]
Belligerents
 French Republic

 North German Confederation

Commanders and leaders
Duke de Fitzjames[6] Frederick Francis II[2]
Major General Von Selchow[6][7]
Strength
4,000 – 5,000 troops stationed in defense[1][8] 20,000 troops[1]
Casualties and losses
3,800 soldiers captured
128 artillery pieces destroyed
8,000 small arms and many food stores were seized[9]		 120 soldiers killed[9]

The siege of Soissons which took place from September 11 to October 16, 1870, was an episode of the Franco-Prussian War of which ended with the surrender of the city.

  1. ^ a b c "Soissons before and during the war"
  2. ^ a b Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z, Page 959
  3. ^ Richard Harding Davis, With the Allies, Page 40
  4. ^ "The Times history of the war"
  5. ^ Hester Marshall, Cathedral cities of France, Page 38
  6. ^ a b Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Episode 1, Page 323
  7. ^ "The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71."
  8. ^ Randal Howland Roberts (sir, 4th bart.), Modern war: or The campaigns of the first Prussian army, 1870-71, Page 316
  9. ^ a b "The Franco-German war of 1870-71"