siege, nineteenth century

Siege of Soissons

Name: Siege of Soissons
Start: 1870-09-11
Location: Soissons, France

Siege of Soissons was a siege conducted on 11 September 1870 at Soissons, in what is now France; it lasted 35 days. The recorded result: German victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 – 5,000 troops stationed in defense against 20,000 troops.

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Fought11 September 1870lasted 35 days

WhereSoissons, France49.381N, 3.322E

OutcomeGerman victory

BelligerentsFrench Third RepublicagainstNorth German Confederation; Prussia

Record

Date	11 September 1870 to 16 October 1870
Place	Soissons, France 49.381N, 3.322E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Strength	4,000 – 5,000 troops stationed in defense	20,000 troops
Casualties and losses	3,800 soldiers captured; 128 artillery pieces destroyed; 8,000 small arms and many food stores seized	120 soldiers killed
Commanders	Duke de Fitzjames	Frederick Francis II

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Soissons 1814, same recorded site
Battle of Soissons AD 486, 0.1 km NE
Battle of Soissons AD 923, 0.1 km NE
Battle of Soissons 1918, 0.1 km NE
Battle of Soissons AD 718, 0.1 km NE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between AD 486 and 1918.

Elsewhere in 1870

Siege of Soissons is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q30742176, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Soissons, revision 1377879914, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.