Battle of Monnaie

Battle of Monnaie
	Part of Franco-Prussian War
Date	December 20, 1870
Location	Monnaie, Indre-et-Loire, France
Result	German Victory
Belligerents
French Republic	North German Confederation Prussia; Hanover;
Commanders and leaders
Ferry Pisani	Konstantin von Voigts-Rhetz; Emil von Schwartzkoppen
Units involved
Garde Mobile	19th Division
Strength
6,000 troops , 6 field artillery	12,000 - 14,000 troops, 24 cannons
Casualties and losses
Unknown	"High Casualties"

The Battle of Monnaie,^[6] also known as the Battle of Tours^[7] was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War.^[8] It took place on the December 20, 1870 at^[1] Indre-et-Loire, France.^[5] During this engagement, a Hanover division of the Imperial German Army under the command of General Schwarzkoppen, belonging to Legion X under the command of Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz attacked and won the victory against an army of Garde Mobile's^[2]^[3]^[4] 234 led by General Ferry Pisani, driving the French to Langreais.^[5] This victory allowed the Germans to enter and occupy the city of Tours.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Wilhelm Hufnagel, Über Resectionen des Ellbogen- und Schultergelenkes nach Schusswunden: Inaug. Dissertation, Page 52
^ ^a ^b Wilhelm Rüstow, The war for the Rhine frontier, 1870: Its political and military history, Volume 1, Pages 62-63.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Volume 2, Page 86
^ ^a ^b Daily News (London), Daily News, London, The war correspondence of the Daily news, 1870, Page VIII
^ ^a ^b ^c Journal, Volume 27, Page 681
^ Reginald Welbury Jeffery, The new Europe: 1789-1899; with short notes, bibliographies, biographies, diagrams, and maps, Page 347
^ Franco-Prussian war, Chronik des deutsch-französischen Krieges 1870 (-71)., Page 205
^ "The French Campaign, 1870-1871: Military Description"

[wilhelmfhunagenrang52-1] Wilhelm Hufnagel, Über Resectionen des Ellbogen- und Schultergelenkes nach Schusswunden: Inaug. Dissertation, Page 52

[wilhelmrustowtrang6263-2] Wilhelm Rüstow, The war for the Rhine frontier, 1870: Its political and military history, Volume 1, Pages 62-63.

[edmudnolliertrang86ta-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Edmund Ollier, Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Volume 2, Page 86

[dailynewslondontrang-4] Daily News (London), Daily News, London, The war correspondence of the Daily news, 1870, Page VIII

[journaltap27trang681-5] Journal, Volume 27, Page 681

[6] Reginald Welbury Jeffery, The new Europe: 1789-1899; with short notes, bibliographies, biographies, diagrams, and maps, Page 347

[7] Franco-Prussian war, Chronik des deutsch-französischen Krieges 1870 (-71)., Page 205

[8] "The French Campaign, 1870-1871: Military Description"

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