Battle of Nouart

Battle of Nouart
	Part of Franco-Prussian War
Date	29 August 1870
Location	Nouart, Ardennes, France
Result	German Victory, French Withdrawal;
Belligerents
French Empire	North German Confederation Saxony;
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly	Prince Georg
Units involved
V Corps	XII Corps; 46th Infantry Brigade of the 12th Royal Saxony Corps
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	14 officers and 349 soldiers casualties

The Battle of Nouart was fought on 29 August 1870 at the village of Nouart.^[4] Part of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the battle saw Prince George's 46th Infantry Brigade of the XII Royal Saxony Corps defeat Pierre Louis Charles de Failly's^[8] V Corps of the French Empire.^[14]^[11]^[12]

^ "With the royal headquarters in 1870-71"
^ Sir Lonsdale Augustus Hale, The "people's war" in France, 1870-1871, page 12
^ Stephen Badsey, The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, page 48
^ ^a ^b "The story of France, 1814-1914"
^ Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Collected Works, Episode 22, Page 80
^ "The Campaign of Sedan, August-September, 1870"
^ Adolph Goetze, The Campaign of 1870-71, tr. by G. Graham, Page 31
^ ^a ^b Elihu Rich, Germany and France, a popular history of the Franco-German war, Page 421
^ Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O, Page 739
^ "The Franco-German War of 1870—71" (written by Field Marshal Helmuth Von Moltke the Great).
^ ^a ^b David J. A. Stone, First Reich: inside the German army during the war with France 1870-71, page 133
^ ^a ^b "The War for the Rhine Frontier, 1870: Its Political and Military History"
^ Julius von Pflugk-Harttung, Sir John Frederick Maurice, The Franco-German war, 1870-71, Page 222
^ "The French Campaign, 1870-1871: Military Description"