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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. 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== *(Loigny–Poupry, Battle of ) *(The Orleans Campaign of 1870 ) from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica *(History of the Franco–Prussian War ) * ''A Soldier's Message'' by DCN, Comet Press, 1958 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Loigny–Poupry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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