Battle of Varize | |||||||
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Part of Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
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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 29 November 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]
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