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Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel fue un mariscal de campo alemán (Generalfeldmarschall) destacado por sus victorias en la Guerra franco-prusiana.
One of these was the Chief of the Military Cabinet, Edwin von Manteuffel, a man whose policies were decisive in preserving for the army the dangerous freedom from parliamentary control which it enjoyed until 1918. The career of Edwin von Manteuffel has attracted the atten- tion of few historians outside of his own country.1 The fas-
El Jefe del Gabinete Militar era al mismo tiempo Adjunto General (ayudante de campo en jefe) del monarca y subordinado únicamente a él. Fue modernizado bajo el liderazgo de Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, desde 1856/1857 hasta 1865.
Edwin Manteuffel, Freiherr von (ĕt´vēn frī´hĕr fən män´toifəl), 1809–85, Prussian field marshal. He served in the Danish War (1864) and was appointed Prussian governor in conquered Schleswig.
- Background
- Opening Moves
- The Battle
- The Fall of Amiens
- Aftermath
- Order of Battle at Amiens
- References
After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War on 19 July 1870, the Prussian Army and the armies of its allies — the other states of the North German Confederation and the independent states in southern Germany — scored a series of victories over the French Army in eastern France. These culminated in the Battle of Sedan and the Siege of Metz. At Sed...
Manteuffel's army halted at Rheims on 9 November 1870, but resumed its advance on 17 November, reaching Soissons on 19 November and Compiègne on 21 November. On 22 November 1870, Manteuffel sent a reconnaissance force forward which pushed as far as the Gentelles Wood near Amiens and reported that Bourbaki was present at Amiens. Bourbaki had, in fac...
The battle began on the morning of 27 November 1870 when the Prussian VIII Corps began an artillery bombardment of the French positions.Fighting quickly spread along the entire line. On the Prussian left wing, the VIII Corps under Goeben advanced to attack the French center and right. In the center around Boves, the main body of the Prussian 15th D...
Early on the morning of 28 November 1870, the Prussians noted that the French positions were strangely quiet and lacked sentries. Prussian patrols went forward and found the French earthworks empty except for abandoned cannons and the bodies of men killed the day before. Goeben came forward and ordered his forces to advance into Amiens from the sou...
The Prussian victory at Amiens ended French hopes that the Army of the North could advance on Beauvais. Farre's disorganized and defeated army took shelter in the fortresses of Arras and Lille. Expecting a Prussian pursuit, entire French regiments remained concealed in the forests near Amiens in the days following the battle, hoping to avoid detect...
French Army of the North
Commander-in-Chief: Général de brigade Jean-Joseph Farre At headquarters: 1. Two gendarmeriesquadrons 2. Two dragoon squadrons de marche 3. Two engineering companies 4. One train crew detachment 22nd Corps 1. 1st Brigade (Colonel Alphonse-Théodore Lecointe) 1.1. 2nd Chassauer Battalion de marche(Major Giovanelli) 1.2. Battalion de marcheof the 65th Infantry Regiment (Major Enduran) 1.3. Battalion de marcheof the 75th Infantry Regiment (Major Tramond) 1.4. Battalion de marche of the 91st Infan...
Bibliography
1. Bruce, George (1981). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-22336-6. 2. Albéric de Calonne, Histoire de la ville d'Amiens, Amiens, Piteux Frères, 1906. (in French) 3. Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe, Campagne de l'Armée du Nord en 1870-1871, édition E. Dantu, Paris, 1871. (in French) 4. Harbottle, Thomas (1979). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. ISBN 978-0-442-22335-9. 5. Howard, Michael. The Franco-Prussian War:...
- 27 November 1870
- Amiens, France
- Prussian victory
Edwin von Manteuffel, portrait by Richard Brend'amour. The Military Cabinet ( Militärkabinett) was a military advisory body under the direct command of the King of Prussia, and by extension the German Emperor after 1871, for handling personnel matters of the army officer corps.
EDWIN MANTEUFFEL, FREIHERR vON (1809-1885), Prussian general field marshal, son of the president of the superior court of Magdeburg, was born at Dresden on the 24th of February 1809.
