Battle of Dijon (1870)

Battles of Dijon
	Part of the Franco-Prussian War
	; Garibaldi in Dijon by Sebastiano De Albertis, 1877
Date	1st: 29–30 October 1870; 2nd: 18 December 1870; 3rd: 21–23 January 1871
Location	Dijon, France47°19′12″N 5°2′24″E / 47.32000°N 5.04000°E
Result	1st: Prussian victory; 2nd: Prussian victory ; 3rd: French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	North German Confederation Prussia; Baden German Empire
Commanders and leaders
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
First battle:; 100 killed; 200 captured	First battle:; 150 Killed and wounded; Third battle:; 700 killed and wounded; 1 flag captured
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Battle of Dijon (1870) (France)

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.

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Franco-German War of 1870—71" (Helmuth von Moltke)
^ William J. Duiker, Jackson J. Spielvogel, The Essential World History, Volume 2: Since 1500, p. 481: "On January 18, 1871, in the Chamber of Mirrors in the […] Palace of Versailles of Louis XIV, William was crowned Emperor (Kaiser) Second German Empire (First was the Holy Roman Empire Middle Ages)".
^ Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E, Page 302
^ George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple bar, Volume 110, Page 420
^ ^a ^b ^c Michael Howard, The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 1870-1871, Page 427
^ John Parris, The Lion of Caprera: a biography of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Page 315
^ Jean François Bazin, Histoire de Dijon, Pages 54-55.
^ Germany 1815-90; Vol II 1852-71, Page 520
^ Frederick III, German Emperor, The war diary of the Emperor Frederick III, 1870-1871, trang 284
^ Wilhelm M Ller, Wilhelm Müller, Die Jahre 1871 Und 1872, Page 39
^ ^a ^b "Men who have made the new German empire. A series of brief biographic sketches"
^ Adam Zamoyski, Holy madness: romantics, patriots, and revolutionaries, 1776-1871, Page 433

[wwwgutenbergo-1] "The Franco-German War of 1870—71" (Helmuth von Moltke)

[2] William J. Duiker, Jackson J. Spielvogel, The Essential World History, Volume 2: Since 1500, p. 481: "On January 18, 1871, in the Chamber of Mirrors in the […] Palace of Versailles of Louis XIV, William was crowned Emperor (Kaiser) Second German Empire (First was the Holy Roman Empire Middle Ages)".

[tonyjaquestr203-3] Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E, Page 302

[4] George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple bar, Volume 110, Page 420

[michaelhoward427-5] Michael Howard, The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 1870-1871, Page 427

[6] John Parris, The Lion of Caprera: a biography of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Page 315

[jeanfrancoisbazin-7] Jean François Bazin, Histoire de Dijon, Pages 54-55.

[8] Germany 1815-90; Vol II 1852-71, Page 520

[9] Frederick III, German Emperor, The war diary of the Emperor Frederick III, 1870-1871, trang 284

[10] Wilhelm M Ller, Wilhelm Müller, Die Jahre 1871 Und 1872, Page 39

[dequocducmoi-11] "Men who have made the new German empire. A series of brief biographic sketches"

[12] Adam Zamoyski, Holy madness: romantics, patriots, and revolutionaries, 1776-1871, Page 433

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Battle of Dijon (1870)

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