Battle of Dijon (1870)
| Battles of Dijon | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Prussian War | |||||||
Garibaldi in Dijon by Sebastiano De Albertis, 1877 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Republic |
Baden German Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Giuseppe Garibaldi Adrien François Louis Fauconnet † Józef Hauke-Bosak † |
August von Werder Major General Von Kettlerr Prince Wilhelm (WIA) Gustav von Beyer | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army of the Vosges | 61st Pomeranian Regiment | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 50,000 troops (third battle) | 4,000 troops (third battle) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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First battle: 100 killed 200 captured |
First battle: 150 Killed and wounded Third battle: 700 killed and wounded 1 flag captured | ||||||
The Battles of Dijon were a series of battles that took place in 1870 and 1871, as part of the Franco-Prussian War, on the current territory of the French commune of Dijon between the French Republic and the German states of Prussia and Baden and later, the German Empire.