Battle of Varize

Battle of Varize
Part of Franco-Prussian War
Memorial of the Battle
Date November 29, 1870[1] Location Varize, Eure-et-Loir, France[2] Result Bavarian Victory[1]
Belligerents
French Republic	Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Ernest de Lipowski[3]	Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen[4]
Units involved
Franc-Tireur's[1]	I Corps[5]
Casualties and losses
10 soldiers died, 37 were wounded, 100 were taken prisoner[6]	450 casualties[6]

The Battle of Varize^[7] took place during the Franco-Prussian War^[1] on November 29, 1870,^[8] in Varize, on the river Conie.^[2] In this battle, the First Bavarian Corps under the command of Lieutenant General Infantry Ludwig von der Tann attacked a guerrilla army franc-tireurs of the French Republic under the command of Colonel Ernest de Lipowski, and made them scatter.^[1] Despite this, the defense at Varize enabled General Antoine Chanzy, commander of the French Army of Loire, to establish a defensive formation against the Prussian army under the direction of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.^[2] With their victory at the Battle of Varize, Bavarian forces captured a number of well-equipped French guerrillas.^[1]