ca. 35,000 ca. 90,000 Result Prussian victory | Date 2 December 1870 | |
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4180 ca. 8,000 killed
ca. 10,000 captured Combatants Kingdom of Prussia, Second French Empire Similar Franco‑Prussian War, Battle of Coulmiers, Battle of Le Mans, Battle of Hallue, Battle of Beaune‑la‑Rolande | ||
The Battle of Loigny–Poupry was a battle of the Franco–Prussian War. It took place on 2 December 1870 during the Loire Campaign near the town of Loigny. An army detachment (Armee-Abteilung) under the command of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, engaged the French Army of the Loire and defeated them.
The French force was led by General Gaston de Sonis, an experienced cavalry commander. His core troops (about 300) comprised a mixture of Saraphis and Zouaves. Their support troops (the 51st Foot, a largely untrained motley group of conscripts) fell back, leaving de Sonis to make a stand, which he and his Zouaves and Saraphis did.
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