Battle of Dijon (1870)

Battles of Dijon
	Part of 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
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
	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.

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