Battle of Bretoncelles

Battle of Bretoncelles
	Part of Franco-Prussian War
Date	November 21, 1870
Location	Bretoncelles, Orne, France
Result	German Victory
Belligerents
French Republic	North German Confederation Prussia;
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Friedrich Franz II
Casualties and losses
250 Captured	Unknown

The Battle of Bretoncelles^[5]^[6] was an event in the Franco-Prussian War.^[4] It occurred on November 21, 1870,^[7] in Bretoncelles, Orne, France.^[2] This engagement ended with the defeat of the French army,^[3] when the Prussian army under the command of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin forced the French to retreat. The Battle of Bretoncelles was one of the most important battles in the advance of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in late 1870.^[4]

^ Kurt Schmidt, Gotha, das Buch einer deutschen Stadt, Volume 2, Page 219
^ ^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 622
^ ^a ^b Reginald Welbury Jeffery, The new Europe, 1789-1889, Page 346
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Pages 520-521.
^ Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Appendix.
^ Émile Louis Gustave Deshayes de Marcère, Le seize mai et la fin du septennat, Page 301
^ Revue de l'Anjou, Page 470

[1] Kurt Schmidt, Gotha, das Buch einer deutschen Stadt, Volume 2, Page 219

[georgesheydllitra632-2] Georges d' Heylli, Journal du siége de Paris: Décrets, proclamations, circulaires, rapports, notes, renseignements, documents divers officiels et autres publiés, Volume 3, Page 622

[motchauaumoi17891889-3] Reginald Welbury Jeffery, The new Europe, 1789-1889, Page 346

[edmundolliertrang520-4] Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Pages 520-521.

[5] Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Appendix.

[6] Émile Louis Gustave Deshayes de Marcère, Le seize mai et la fin du septennat, Page 301

[7] Revue de l'Anjou, Page 470

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