Battle of Dijon (1870)

Battles of Dijon
Part of the Franco-Prussian War

Garibaldi in Dijon by Sebastiano De Albertis, 1877
Date1st: 29–30 October 1870
2nd: 18 December 1870
3rd: 21–23 January 1871 [3]
Location
Dijon, France[4]
47°19′12″N 5°2′24″E / 47.32000°N 5.04000°E / 47.32000; 5.04000
Result

1st: Prussian victory
2nd: Prussian victory

3rd: French victory[5][6]
Belligerents
 French Republic

 North German Confederation

 Baden[1]
 German Empire[2]
Commanders and leaders
Giuseppe Garibaldi[7]
Adrien François Louis Fauconnet †
Józef Hauke-Bosak †		 August von Werder[8]
Major General Von Kettlerr[9][10]
Prince Wilhelm (WIA)[11]
Gustav von Beyer[11]
Units involved
Army of the Vosges[12] 61st Pomeranian Regiment
Strength
50,000 troops (third battle)[5] 4,000 troops (third battle)
Casualties and losses
First battle:
100 killed
200 captured[1]		 First battle:
150 Killed and wounded[1]
Third battle:
700 killed and wounded
1 flag captured[5]
Battle of Dijon (1870) is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Battle of Dijon (1870)
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Battle of Dijon (1870) is located in France
Battle of Dijon (1870)
Battle of Dijon (1870) (France)

The Battles of Dijon were a series of battles that took place in 1870 and 1871, as part of the Franco-Prussian War, on the current territory of the French commune of Dijon between the French Republic and the German states of Prussia and Baden and later, the German Empire.

  1. ^ a b c "The Franco-German War of 1870—71" (Helmuth von Moltke)
  2. ^ William J. Duiker, Jackson J. Spielvogel, The Essential World History, Volume 2: Since 1500, p. 481: "On January 18, 1871, in the Chamber of Mirrors in the […] Palace of Versailles of Louis XIV, William was crowned Emperor (Kaiser) Second German Empire (First was the Holy Roman Empire Middle Ages)".
  3. ^ Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E, Page 302
  4. ^ George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple bar, Volume 110, Page 420
  5. ^ a b c Michael Howard, The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 1870-1871, Page 427
  6. ^ John Parris, The Lion of Caprera: a biography of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Page 315
  7. ^ Jean François Bazin, Histoire de Dijon, Pages 54-55.
  8. ^ Germany 1815-90; Vol II 1852-71, Page 520
  9. ^ Frederick III, German Emperor, The war diary of the Emperor Frederick III, 1870-1871, trang 284
  10. ^ Wilhelm M Ller, Wilhelm Müller, Die Jahre 1871 Und 1872, Page 39
  11. ^ a b "Men who have made the new German empire. A series of brief biographic sketches"
  12. ^ Adam Zamoyski, Holy madness: romantics, patriots, and revolutionaries, 1776-1871, Page 433