Battle of Wissembourg

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Wissembourg was an 1870 engagement in the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian and German forces decisively defeated a smaller French corps, opening the way for further advances into France.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Wissembourg canonical	2
Battle of Saarbrücken	1
Battle of Wissembourg (1793)	1
Battle of Wissembourg (1870)	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Weissenburg ⓘ
belligerent	North German Confederation ⓘ surface form: German states of the North German Confederation Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
campaign	opening campaign of the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
commander	Abel Douay ⓘ August von Werder ⓘ Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia ⓘ Jakob von Hartmann ⓘ
conflict	Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
date	1870-08-04 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Spicheren ⓘ Battle of Wörth ⓘ
forceStrength	French I Corps elements ⓘ German Third Army elements ⓘ
front	Franco-German border ⓘ surface form: Franco-German frontier in Alsace
geographicalFeature	near the River Lauter ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
location	Alsace ⓘ France ⓘ Wissembourg ⓘ
notableEvent	death of French General Abel Douay ⓘ
opponent	French I Corps ⓘ German Third Army ⓘ
partOf	Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
precededBy	mobilization of French and German armies in 1870 ⓘ
result	German victory ⓘ Prussian victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated German operational superiority at the start of the war ⓘ first major battle on the southern sector of the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
strategicConsequence	forced French withdrawal from the frontier ⓘ opened the way for German advance into northeastern France ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	decisive defeat of a smaller French force ⓘ
year	1870 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Franco-Prussian War → majorBattle → Battle of Wissembourg ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste Kléber → notableBattle → Battle of Wissembourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wissembourg (1793)

Battle of Wörth → precededBy → Battle of Wissembourg ⓘ

Battle of Spicheren → precededBy → Battle of Wissembourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Saarbrücken

Wissembourg → hasEvent → Battle of Wissembourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wissembourg (1870)