Battle of Loigny-Poupry
| Battle of Loigny–Poupry | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco–Prussian War | |||||||
 Hugo von Kottwitz with the Lübecker Bataillon |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Prussia
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 France
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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General Gaston de Sonis | ||||||
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| ca. 35,000 | ca. 90,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4180 | ca. 8,000 killed ca. 10,000 captured |
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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.
Coordinates: 48°07′26″N 1°44′02″E / 48.1239°N 1.7339°E
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