Everything about Battle Of St Quentin 1871 totally explained
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France
|commander1=
August Karl von Goeben
|commander2=
Louis Faidherbe
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|casualties1=2,400
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9,000 captured
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The
Battle of St. Quentin was a battle during the
Franco-Prussian War which defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of
Paris.
While the Prussian Armies under
Wilhelm I besieged Paris, the Prussian I Army, now under the command of
August Karl von Goeben was sent to deal with French forces north of Paris. After a first attempt to relieve Paris had been checked at the
battle of Bapaume, the French were planning another relief effort.
Von Goeben marched his army north and met the irregular French army under General
Louis Faidherbe near
Saint Quentin. On
January 19 the Prussians attacked and decisively defeated the French forces. The same day
General Trochu attempted a breakout of Paris but it too was defeated. No other significant attempts would be made to lift the siege of Paris.
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