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Battle of Le Bourget

Battle of Le Bourget was a battle fought on 30 October 1870 at Le Bourget, in what is now France. It was part of the Franco-Prussian War, which ran from 1870 to 1871. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 8,000.

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Tableau de 1878 d'Alphonse de Neuville. La défaite française lors de la première bataille du Bourget. Les troupes françaises s'étaient réfugiées pour une part dans l'église Saint-Nicolas lors de la co
Tableau de 1878 d'Alphonse de Neuville. La défaite française lors de la première bataille du Bourget. Les troupes françaises s'étaient réfugiées pour une part dans l'église Saint-Nicolas lors de la co. Alphonse de Neuville, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date30 October 1870
PlaceLe Bourget, France
48.935N, 2.426E
Part ofFranco-Prussian War (1870 to 1871)
KindBattle, nineteenth century
ResultPrussian victory
BelligerentsNorth German Confederation; PrussiaFrench Third Republic
CommandersAlbert of Saxony; Rudolph Otto von BudritzkiCarey de Bellemare
Strength6,0008,000
Casualties and losses500 dead and wounded1,400 dead and wounded; 1,200 captured
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Battle of Le Bourget is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.

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Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q254797, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Le Bourget, revision 1370447349, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.