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| Siege of Soissons | |||||||
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| Part of Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Republic | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Duke de Fitzjames[6] |
 Frederick Francis II[2] Major General Von Selchow[6][7] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 – 5,000 troops stationed in defense[1][8] | 20,000 troops[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3,800 soldiers captured 128 artillery pieces destroyed 8,000 small arms and many food stores were seized[9] | 120 soldiers killed[9] | ||||||
The siege of Soissons which took place from September 11 to October 16, 1870, was an episode of the Franco-Prussian War of which ended with the surrender of the city.
- ^ a b c "Soissons before and during the war"
- ^ a b Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z, Page 959
- ^ Richard Harding Davis, With the Allies, Page 40
- ^ "The Times history of the war"
- ^ Hester Marshall, Cathedral cities of France, Page 38
- ^ a b Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Episode 1, Page 323
- ^ "The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71."
- ^ Randal Howland Roberts (sir, 4th bart.), Modern war: or The campaigns of the first Prussian army, 1870-71, Page 316
- ^ a b "The Franco-German war of 1870-71"