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(Redirected from Battle of Orleans (1870)) Franco-Prussian War, 3-4 Dec 1870 For similarly titled battles, see Battle of Orléans.

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Second Battle of Orléans

Part of the Franco-Prussian War

German troops enter Orléans on 4 December 1870

Date	3–4 December 1870
Location	Orléans, France
Result	German victory

Belligerents

North German Confederation

France

Commanders and leaders

Frederick Francis II
Friedrich Karl

Ludwig von der Tann

Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines

Strength

86,000

62,000

Casualties and losses

400 killed
1,600 wounded

3,000 killed or wounded
18,000 captured or missing
74 guns and 4 gunboats captured

v t e Franco-Prussian War
Saarbrücken Wissembourg Spicheren Wörth Bitche Lichtenberg Phalsbourg Marsal Borny–Colombey Strasbourg Toul Mars-la-Tour Gravelotte Metz Buzancy Nouart Beaumont Noisseville Bazeilles Sedan Montmédy Soissons Paris Sceaux Chevilly Nompatelize Bellevue Artenay Châtillon Verdun Neu-Breisach Châteaudun Sélestat 1st Buzenval Ognon Gray Le Bourget Dijon Belfort La Fère Coulmiers Havana Dreux Chat Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais Thionville Ladon Mézières Bretoncelles Amiens Beaune-la-Rolande Varize Villiers Villepion Loigny–Poupry Orléans Chateauneuf Buchy Beaugency Fréteval Vendôme Pesmes Longeau Epuisay Nuits Saint Georges Tours Hallue Péronne Bapaume Rocroi Villersexel Le Mans Lisaine Longwy St. Quentin 2nd Buzenval Pontarlier Belgian reaction Paris Commune

Franco-Prussian War

v t e Loire Campaign
1st Orléans Coulmiers Beaune-la-Rolande Villepion Loigny–Poupry 2nd Orléans Beaugency Le Mans

The Second Battle of Orléans was fought during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. It took place on December 3 and 4, 1870 and was part of the Loire Campaign. The Germans recaptured Orléans, which had been retaken by the French on November 11, 1870 after the Battle of Coulmiers, and divided the French Army of the Loire in two. Future king of Serbia, Peter, took part in the battle on the French side. The French lost 20,000 men in two days of combat, including 18,000 captured or missing, as well as 74 guns and four gunboats. German manpower losses amounted to 2,000, of which 400 killed and 1,600 wounded. The Germans lost 368 horses, including 175 killed, 183 wounded and 10 missing.

Citations

^ Bodart 1908, p. 564.
German General Staff 1880, p. 364.
German General Staff 1880, p. 116‡.

References

von Moltke, Helmuth, The Franco-German war of 1870-71, London: J. R. Osgood, McIlvaine & co. 1891 p29-41
German General Staff (1880). The Franco-German War 1870-71: Part 2; Volume 1. London: Clowes & Sons.
Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905). Wien und Leipzig, C. W. Stern.

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