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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{For| the 1794 battle|Battle of Beaumont (1794)}}<br />
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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| image = Bataille de Beaumont (1870).jpg<br />
| image_size = 300px<br />
| caption = <br />
| partof = the [[Franco-Prussian War]]<br />
| conflict = Battle of Beaumont<br />
| date = 30 August 1870<br />
| place = near [[Beaumont-en-Argonne]], [[France]]<br />
| result = German victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|North German Confederation}} [[North German Confederation]]<br><br />
*{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Saxony}}<br />
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bavaria}}<br />
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|France|1830}} [[Second French Empire|France]]<br />
| commander1 = {{flagicon|North German Confederation}}<br>[[Gustav von Alvensleben]]<br>[[George, King of Saxony|Prince Georg of Saxony]]<br>{{flagicon|Kingdom of Bavaria}}<br/>[[Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen|Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann]]<br />
| commander2 = {{flagicon|France|1830}} [[Pierre Louis Charles de Failly]]<br />
| units1 = {{flagicon|North German Confederation}} [[IV Corps (German Empire)|IV Corps]]<br/>{{flagicon|Saxony}} [[XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps|XII Corps]]<br/>{{flagicon|Kingdom of Bavaria}} [[I Royal Bavarian Corps]]<br />
| units2 = {{flagicon|France|1830}} [[5th Army Corps (France)|V Corps]]<br />
| casualties1 = 3,400<br />
| casualties2 = 7,500<br />
}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Franco-Prussian War}}<br />
The '''Battle of Beaumont''' on 30 August 1870 was won by [[Prussia]] during the [[Franco-Prussian War]].<br />
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It was fought between the French [[5th Army Corps (France)|V Corps]] under general [[Pierre Louis Charles de Failly]], and [[IV Corps (German Empire)|IV Corps]] under general [[Constantin von Alvensleben]], [[XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps|XII Corps]] under [[George, King of Saxony|Prince Georg of Saxony]] along with the [[I Royal Bavarian Corps]] under general [[Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen|Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann]]. The French were surprised in their [[cantonment]]s and driven back upon Mouzon, with losses of 7,500 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,400.{{sfn|Howard|1991|p=161}}{{sfn|Wawro|2003|p=209}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Clodfelter |first=M. |url=https://archive.org/details/warfarearmedconf0000clod |title=Warfare and armed conflicts : a statistical encyclopedia of casualty and other figures, 1494-2007 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |year=2008 |isbn=978-0786433193}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Howard |first=M. |author-link=Michael Howard (historian) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvaIAgAAQBAJ&q=Battle+of+Beaumont |title=The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871 |orig-year=1961 |year=1991 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=0-415-26671-8}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Wawro |first=G. |url=https://archive.org/details/francoprussianwa0000wawr |title=The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871 |year=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-58436-1}}<br />
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