Battle of Wörth

Battle of Wœrth/Frœschwiller
	Part of the Franco-Prussian War
Date	6 August 1870
Location	Frœschwiller, Wœrth (Wörth), France48°56′20″N 7°44′00″E
Result	German victory
Belligerents
North German Confederation Prussia; Baden; Bavaria; Württemberg	Second French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Frederick William	Patrice de Mac-Mahon
Units involved
Third Army	I Corps
Strength
125,000; 342 guns	46,500; 167 guns
Casualties and losses
10,642 men 1,593 killed 7,590 wounded 1,373 missing 341 horses	15,096 men 5,884 dead or wounded 9,212 missing or captured 28 guns
	Wörth Grand Est Region

The Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle of Frœschwiller, refers to the second battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the Franco-Prussian War (the first Battle of Wörth occurred on 23 December 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars). In the second battle, troops from Germany commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William and directed by his chief of staff, General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, defeated the French under Marshal MacMahon near the village of Wœrth in Alsace, on the Sauer River, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Haguenau.

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