Battle at Villepion
| date | December 1, 1870 |
|---|---|
| place | Terminiers , Arrondissement of Châteaudun , Department of Eure-et-Loir |
| output | French victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| about 7,000 men | approx.15,000 men |
| losses | |
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1,000 soldiers and 42 officers, |
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Franco-German War (1870–1871)
Weißenburg - Spichern - Wörth - Colombey - Strasbourg - Toul - Mars-la-Tour - Gravelotte - Metz - Beaumont - Noisseville - Sedan - Sceaux - Chevilly - Bellevue - Artenay - Châtillon - Châteaudun - Le Bourget - Coulmiers - Battle of Havana - Amiens - Beaune-la-Rolande - Villepion - Loigny and Poupry - Orléans - Villiers - Beaugency - Nuits - Hallue - Bapaume - Villersexel - Le Mans - Lisaine - Saint-Quentin - Buzenval - Paris - Belfort
The battle of Villepion (district of Terminiers, between Terminiers and Nonneville) on December 1, 1870 between two divisions of the French XVI. Corps under General Chanzy and the I. Bavarian Army Corps was a battle of the Franco-German War.
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After the battle of Beaune-la-Rolande on November 28, 1870, the corps advanced in the center of the French Loire Army and made a turn to the east in the direction of Pithiviers . In the early afternoon of December 1, 1870, an infantry division and a cavalry division of the French XVI. Corps to parts of the I. Bavarian Corps. The fighting began near Terminiers and the western parts of this place. Although the entire I. Corps intervened during the fighting, the position for the Bavarians could not be held and they withdrew to Villepion. General von Stephan , commander of the Bavarian 1st Division, was seriously wounded by a Chassepot ball in the abdomen and by a shrapnel in the chest.
The fighting here lasted until nightfall. Under cover of darkness, the Bavarians then withdrew further and united with the other units of the army group under Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin near Goury and Villeprivost (Loigny la Bataille). The retreat was covered by an artillery battery under the command of Captain (later General Field Marshal) Leopold von Bayern , who was wounded here. For his achievements in this battle he received the Military Max Joseph Order , the highest Bavarian award for bravery in the face of the enemy.
The counterattack by the German army group led to the battle of Loigny and Poupry the next day .
The losses of the Bavarians amounted to 42 officers and about 1,000 men, those of the French are not exactly documented.
Web links
- Leopold . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 18, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 579.
- Article in the North Otago Times