Battle of Loigny-Poupry

{{Campaignbox Franco-Prussian War}} {{Campaignbox Loire Campaign}} 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-la-Bataille|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. ==Sources== *[http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/encyclopedia/article_show/LoignyPoupry_Battle_of_/m0046556.html?&searchtermold=Charles%20I&searchtermold=Charles%20I Loigny–Poupry, Battle of] *[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/TAV_THE/THE_ORLEANS_CAMPAIGN_OF.html THE ORLEANS CAMPAIGN OF 1870] from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica *[http://web.archive.org/web/20091027102801/http://geocities.com/fpwar1870/history.html History of the Franco-Prussian War] * ''A Soldier's Message'' by DCN, Comet Press, 1958 {{euro-mil-stub}} {{coord missing|France}}