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366: 323: 199: 621:. Fransecky did not feel that a counterattack was necessary since the main German line had not been broken yet; Albert pushed for a counterattack anyway, just as he had at Le Bourget. Fransecky's attack was so rapid that it quickly took Champigny. The French then rallied and a stalemate ensued for the rest of the day. The situation worried von Moltke enough to cause him to draw up plans in case the French renewed their attack the following day and succeeded in breaking through. However, Ducrot had no intention of renewing the fight. His troops had suffered greatly in the cold and even though he received word that the Army of the Loire was moving towards Paris, he withdrew back into Paris by 4 December. 343: 284: 354: 297: 310: 270: 569:. This section of the German lines was held by the WĂĽrttemberg Division of the Prussian 3rd Army. On the 29th the Marne had flooded and a French reconnaissance attack turned into a disaster; 1,300 troops were lost. The main attack was to come the next day followed by a series of diversionary attacks. French artillery drove German advance units from the villages of Bry and Champigny and allowed Ducrot's troops to cross the Marne on pontoon bridges. Ducrot established a bridgehead on the opposite bank of the river at the two villages and advanced up a plateau towards 22: 92: 546: 582: 573:. The WĂĽrttemberg Division was so well entrenched that the French artillery did little to dislodge them and the attack stalled. Ducrot called on his III Corps, which had crossed the Marne north of Brie, to assault Villiers from the north. The III Corps hesitated too long for an attack to be of any use and now Ducrot was fighting a defensive battle. 613:
to the threatened area and assume command of all operations there. Fransecky however, had not been notified in time to do anything about the fight on the 30th. The two armies called a truce and buried their dead on 1 December.
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The fighting had been costly for both sides. The French had lost some 5,000 troops while the Germans lost 3,500. The Army of the Loire was defeated at the
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Franco-Prussian War

The Battle of Champigny
Édouard Detaille
Champigny-sur-Marne
Bry-sur-Marne
Villiers-sur-Marne
North German Confederation
Prussia
Saxony
WĂĽrttemberg
French Empire
Eduard von Fransecky
Albert of Saxony
Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot

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