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Siege of Phalsbourg

Siege of Phalsbourg
Part of Franco-Prussian War

One of the fortified gates in Phalsbourg
Date10 August 1870 – 12 December 1870[2]
Location
Result German Victory[5][6]
Belligerents
 French Empire[1]

 French Republic

 North German Confederation

Commanders and leaders
Pierre Taillant
Major Talhouet[7]
Prince Friedrich[8]
Wilhelm von Tümpling[9]
Major Von Giese[10]
Units involved
Garde Mobile VI Corps
Strength
One battalion of 63rd Line Regiment , 100 artillerymen , one Garde Mobile battalion and 500 native Algerian soldiers and Zouaves[7] 12th Division of the VI Corps[10][11]
Casualties and losses
52 officers and 1,837 – 1,839 captured,[12][13] 65 artillery pieces and many war reserves were seized[10] 1 officer and 1 soldier wounded[10]

The siege of Phalsbourg was an early battle of the Franco-Prussian War that was fought between the French Empire (later French Republic) against Germany at Phalsbourg near the Vosges[8] beginning on 10 August 1870, and ending on 12 December of the same year.

  1. ^ Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1789-1980, trang 83: "Nền Đệ nhị Đế chế đã bị thay thế bởi Đệ tam Cộng hòa vào tháng 9 năm 1870" (nguyên văn: "The Second Empire was replaced by the Third Republic in September 1870")
  2. ^ Bernd Schlüter, Reichswissenschaft.: Staatsrechtslehre, Staatstheorie und Wissenschaftspolitik im Deutschen Kaiserreich am Beispiel der Reichsuniversität Straßburg., trang 76
  3. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the World, trang 1437
  4. ^ "The great war of 1870 between France and Germany"
  5. ^ "Republican France, 1870-1912; her presidents, statesmen, policy, vicissitudes and social life"
  6. ^ Wilhelm Müller, Political history of recent times, 1816-1875: with special reference to Germany, nguyên văn: "...Soissons, Verdun, Diedenhofen (Thionville), Pfalzburg, and Montmedy, had surrendered in 1870...".
  7. ^ a b "The French campaign, 1870-1871. Military description" by A. Niemann. Tr. from the German by Colonel Edward Newdigate. Published 1872 by W. Mitchell & co. in London. Written in English.
  8. ^ a b Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, trang 41
  9. ^ "Journals of Field-Marshal Count von Blumenthal for 1866 and 1870–71"
  10. ^ a b c d "The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71."
  11. ^ "The Franco-German War of 1870—71" (viết bởi Helmuth Von Moltke, dịch bởi Archibald Forbes)
  12. ^ T. D. Wanliss, The war in Europe of 1870-1: with an enquiry into its probable consequences, trang 199
  13. ^ Edmund Burke (biên tập), The annual register, Tập 112, trang 220

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Siège de Phalsbourg (1870) French Cuộc vây hãm Phalsbourg VI

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