Battle of Buchy

Battle of Buchy
Part of Franco-Prussian War
Date4 December 1870[1]
Location
Result German victory[3]
Belligerents
 French Republic

 North German Confederation

Commanders and leaders
Guillaume Briand[4] August Karl von Goeben[5]
Units involved
Garde Mobile VIII Corps
Strength
12,000 - 13,000 troops of the Garde Mobile, 12,000 military reconnaissance Eclaireurs, 1 marine corps[3] 25,000 - 30,000 infantry
25 - 30 artillery
Casualties and losses
"Heavy casualties", 400 people captured[5] Unknown

The Battle of Buchy[6][7] was fought during the Franco-Prussian War,[5] on 4 December 1870,[1] at Buchy, Seine-Maritime, France.[2] During the battle, the VIII Corps of the Prussian Army, under the command of General of the Infantry August Karl von Goeben,[5] suddenly attacked and defeated a French force under the command of General de Brigade Guillaume Briand.[4][3] The French suffered heavy losses. After their victory at Buchy, German troops captured Rouen.[5]

  1. ^ a b Roberts, Randal Howland, Baronet (1871). Modern War: or the Campaigns of the First Prussian army, 1870-71. London: Chapman and Hall. pp. 354–355.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Georges d' Heylli, Journal du siége de Paris: Décrets, proclamations, circulaires, rapports, notes, renseignements, documents divers officiels et autres publiés, Volume 3, Page 623
  3. ^ a b c Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Page 34
  4. ^ a b Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard, Arnold Guyot, Johnson's New universal cyclopædia: a scientific and popular treasury of useful knowledge..., Page 286
  5. ^ a b c d e "The French Campaign, 1870-1871: Military Description"
  6. ^ George Stacpoole De Stacpoole (Duke), Irish and other memories, Page 217
  7. ^ Hermann Kunz, Die deutsche Reiterei in den Schlachten und Gefechten des Krieges von 1870/1871, Page 235

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