Battle of St. Quentin (1871)

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{{Infobox Military Conflict |image= |caption= |partof=Franco-Prussian War |conflict=Battle of St. Quentin |date=January 19 1871 |place=St. Quentin, France |result=Prussian victory |combatant1=Prussia |combatant2=France |commander1=August Karl von Goeben |commander2=Louis Faidherbe |strength1=40,000 |strength2=33,000 |casualties1=2,400 |casualties2=3,500 killed and wounded
9,000 captured |}}

Franco-Prussian War
Wissembourg – Spicheren – Worth – Colombey – Strasbourg – Mars-La-Tour – Gravelotte – Metz – Beaumont – Noiseville – Sedan – Bellevue – Amiens – Beaune-La-Rolande – Hallue – Bapuame – Lisaine – St. Quentin – Paris – Belfort

The Battle of St. Quentin was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War which defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of Paris. For other uses of the name see: Battle of St. Quentin

While the Prussian Armies under Wilhelm I besieged Paris, the Prussian III 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 Bapuame, the French were planning another relief effort.

Von Goeben marched his army north and met the French army under General Louis Faidherbe near Saint Quentin. On January 19 the Prussians attacked and decisevely 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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