Battle of Chevilly
White Castle - Spichern - Wörth - Colombey - Strasbourg - Toul - Mars -la-Tour - Gravelotte - Metz - Beaumont - Noisseville - Sedan - Sceaux - Chevilly - Bellevue - Artenay - Châtillon - Châteaudun - Le Bourget - Coulmiers - Amiens - Beaune- la -Rolande - Villepion - Loigny and Poupry - Orléans - Villiers - Beaugency - Hallue - Bapaume - Villersexel - Le Mans - Lisaine - Saint- Quentin - Buzenval - Paris - Belfort
The Battle of Chevilly, took place on September 30, 1870 in the German -French war between the VI. Corps of the Prussian army under the command of General von Tümpling and the French XIII. Corps under General Vinoy, which consisted of regular troops of the French army instead.
Battle of September 30, 1870
On September 30, 1870, the French occupation of Paris made a big loss against the German occupation forces, which had begun the siege of Paris a few days ago. The attack was directed against the VI. Corps ( from Silesia ). At the same time, the flanking units, the V Corps and a brigade from the XI were. Corps, which were to the west or southwest, attacked by smaller units. The battle area extended over several kilometers of Chevilly -Larue up to Choisy -le- Roi.
The deflection attacks could have been dismissed without great losses. The VI. However corps could hold his positions and the French had to retreat into the city. In the struggles of the city was heavily damaged.
Stand at November 28, 1870
In the night from 28 to 29 November 1870, the French troops made as a distraction to failure at Villiers- Champigny again an advance on Chevilly, in which they managed the station of Choisy -le- Roi on the line Paris - Orléans to occupy for some time. In this battle, the town was again badly damaged, and there were too many complain victims among the civilian population.