Siege of Phalsbourg | |||||||
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Part of Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
One of the fortified gates in Phalsbourg | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Empire[1] French Republic | |||||||
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.