Battle of Ognon

Battle of Ognon
Part of Franco-Prussian War
Date22 October 1870[1]
Location
Ognon River, France[2]
Result German Victory.[2][3]
Belligerents
 French Republic

 North German Confederation

 Baden
Commanders and leaders
Albert Cambriels[2] August von Werder[3]
Gustav Friedrich von Beyer[3]
Units involved
2 divisions of the Army of the Rhine[3] Baden Field Division[1]
2 battalions of the 30th Infantry Regiment
Casualties and losses
"Many Captured"[2] Unknown

The Battle of Ognon was a battle in the Franco-Prussian War,[4] which took place on 22 October 1870 at the Ognon River.[5] In this battle the Prussian XIV Corps under the command of General Karl August von Werder, which also consisted of a division of the Grand Duchy of Baden, attacked elements of the French Army of the Rhine commanded by General Albert Cambriels. The Germans captured a large number of French prisoners. The German victory in the Battle of Ognon decided the fate of the Army of the Rhine, at least within two weeks thereafter.[1][2][3][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Men who have made the new German empire. A series of brief biographic sketches"
  2. ^ a b c d e Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E, các Page 230-231.
  3. ^ a b c d e Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Pages 546-547.
  4. ^ Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O, Page 748
  5. ^ "The German-French war of 1870 and its consequences upon future civilization"
  6. ^ The American annual cyclopedia and register of important events..., Episode 10, Volume 362