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Battle of Chateauneuf
| Battle of Chateauneuf | |||||||
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| Part of Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Republic |
 Baden[2] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Camille Crémer[5] |
 General Keller[6] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 soldiers , 8–10 artillery pieces[5] | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 153 casualties[2] | ||||||
The Battle of Châteauneuf[7] was a battle in the Franco-Prussian War[8] that took place on 3 December 1870 at the Châteauneuf, Côte-d'Or, France.[4] During this engagement, the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Prussian army, which was a part of the Baden Division and was under the command of General Keller repelled an ambush of the French army under the command of General Camille Crémer.[2][9] The battle facilitated the Prussian army to continue its withdrawal from Autun.[4] The battle lasted for seven hours, and brought the Prussian army negligible losses, with 153 casualties.[2] However, the Germans viewed this engagement as one of their most glorious victories of the campaign.[4]
- ^ France. Gouvernement de la défense nationale (1870-1871), Actes du Gouvernement de la défense nationale, du 4 septembre 1870 au 8 février 1871: rapports de la Commission et des Sous-commissions, télégrammes, pièces diverses, dépositions des témoins, pièces justificatives, tables analytique générale et nominative, Volume 3, Page 244
- ^ a b c d The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year..., Volume 10, Page 363
- ^ Émile Bourgeois, History of modern France, 1815-1913, Volume 2, Page 195
- ^ a b c d Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Pages 68-69
- ^ a b c Campaign of 1870-1: The Operations of the Corps of General V. Werder, Page 73
- ^ Julius von Pflugk-Harttung, Wilfred James Long, Adolf Sonnenschein, The Franco-German war, 1870-1871, Page 494
- ^ Theodor Fontane, Der Krieg gegen Frankreich, 1870-1871: Der Krieg gegen die Republik, Page 717
- ^ Michael Howard, The Franco-Prussian War: the German invasion of France, 1870-1871. Page 410
- ^ "The Franco-German War of 1870—71" (Helmuth von Moltke)
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