Battle of Buchy

Battle of Buchy
	Part of Franco-Prussian War
Date	4 December 1870
Location	Buchy, Seine-Maritime, France
Result	German victory
Belligerents
French Republic	North German Confederation Prussia;
Commanders and leaders
Guillaume Briand	August Karl von Goeben
Units involved
Garde Mobile	VIII Corps
Strength
12,000 - 13,000 troops of the Garde Mobile, 12,000 military reconnaissance Eclaireurs, 1 marine corps	25,000 - 30,000 infantry
	25 - 30 artillery
Casualties and losses
"Heavy casualties", 400 people captured	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]

^ ^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)
^ ^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
^ ^a ^b ^c Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Page 34
^ ^a ^b Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard, Arnold Guyot, Johnson's New universal cyclopædia: a scientific and popular treasury of useful knowledge..., Page 286
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The French Campaign, 1870-1871: Military Description"
^ George Stacpoole De Stacpoole (Duke), Irish and other memories, Page 217
^ Hermann Kunz, Die deutsche Reiterei in den Schlachten und Gefechten des Krieges von 1870/1871, Page 235