Battle of Nouart

Battle of Nouart
Part of Franco-Prussian War
Date29 August 1870[2][3]
Location
Nouart,[4] Ardennes, France
Result

German Victory,[5][6]

  • French Withdrawal[7]
Belligerents
 French Empire

 North German Confederation

Commanders and leaders
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly[8] Prince Georg[9]
Units involved
V Corps[10] XII Corps
46th Infantry Brigade of the 12th Royal Saxony Corps[11][12]
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 14 officers and 349 soldiers casualties[13]

The Battle of Nouart was fought on 29 August 1870 at the village of Nouart.[4] Part of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the battle saw Prince George's 46th Infantry Brigade of the XII Royal Saxony Corps defeat Pierre Louis Charles de Failly's[8] V Corps of the French Empire.[14][11][12]

  1. ^ "With the royal headquarters in 1870-71"
  2. ^ Sir Lonsdale Augustus Hale, The "people's war" in France, 1870-1871, page 12
  3. ^ Stephen Badsey, The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, page 48
  4. ^ a b "The story of France, 1814-1914"
  5. ^ Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Collected Works, Episode 22, Page 80
  6. ^ "The Campaign of Sedan, August-September, 1870"
  7. ^ Adolph Goetze, The Campaign of 1870-71, tr. by G. Graham, Page 31
  8. ^ a b Elihu Rich, Germany and France, a popular history of the Franco-German war, Page 421
  9. ^ Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O, Page 739
  10. ^ "The Franco-German War of 1870—71" (written by Field Marshal Helmuth Von Moltke the Great).
  11. ^ a b David J. A. Stone, First Reich: inside the German army during the war with France 1870-71, page 133
  12. ^ a b "The War for the Rhine Frontier, 1870: Its Political and Military History"
  13. ^ Julius von Pflugk-Harttung, Sir John Frederick Maurice, The Franco-German war, 1870-71, Page 222
  14. ^ "The French Campaign, 1870-1871: Military Description"