The Battle of Beaumont on 30 August 1870 was won by
Prussia
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during the
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 Janua ...
.
It was fought between the French
V Corps under general
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, and
IV Corps under general
Constantin von Alvensleben,
XII Corps under
Prince Georg of Saxony along with the
I Royal Bavarian Corps under general
Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann. The French were surprised in their
cantonment
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s and driven back upon Mouzon, with losses of 7,500 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,400.
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