Battle of Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais | |||||||
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Part of Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Republic | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Ludwig von Wittich[4] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
1 detachment consisting of 8 battalions [5] | 22nd Division [6] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300 people killed and wounded, 200 people were captured | 110 killed[7] |
The Battle of Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais[8] was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War,[6] which took place on November 18, 1870,[1] in the commune of Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais in France.[2][9] This was one of a series of victories by a division of the Prussian army along the Loire under the command of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin before the Garde Mobile's forces fledgling by commander Minister Fiereck, within a week after the Imperial German Army was defeated at the Battle of Coulmiers.[3] During the Battle of Châteauneuf-en-Thimerais, the 22nd Division of the Kingdom of Prussia – noted as a brave division[2] – was under the command of General Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Wittich who captured the commune,[1] taking in his hands hundreds of French prisoners of war.[10] The failure at this battle forced the French forces to retreat westward.[5]
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