Battles of Dijon | |||||||
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Part of the Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
![]() Garibaldi in Dijon by Sebastiano De Albertis, 1877 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Units involved | |||||||
Army of the Vosges[12] | 61st Pomeranian Regiment | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
50,000 troops (third battle)[5] | 4,000 troops (third battle) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
First battle: 100 killed 200 captured[1] |
First battle: 150 Killed and wounded[1] Third battle: 700 killed and wounded 1 flag captured[5] | ||||||
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
The Battles of Dijon were a series of battles that took place in 1870 and 1871, as part of the Franco-Prussian War, on the current territory of the French commune of Dijon between the French Republic and the German states of Prussia and Baden and later, the German Empire.