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Soissons had already fallen to the Prussians in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. [5] After the Battle of Sedan, the Maas Group of Germany has continued on in its way to Paris, and the money infantry of Corps No. IV of Prussia, a portion of the general Army Group, this came before the siege of the fortress Soissons on September 11, 1870.
Battle of Soissons (718), between the Neustrians with the Aquitainians against the Austrasians; Battle of Soissons (923), between Carolingians and Robertians during a succession war; Battle of Soissons (1814), Napoleonic Wars; Siege of Soissons (1870), Franco-Prussian War; Battle of Soissons (1918), World War I, between French-American and ...
1415 Siege of Harfleur: England 1415 Battle of Agincourt: England 25 October, English longbowmen under Henry V defeat French under Charles I d'Albret. 6000 French died. 400 English died. 1418–1419 Siege of Rouen: England 31 July - 19 January 1419, Henry V of England re-gains a foothold in Normandy. 1419 Battle of La Rochelle: Castille
Prussian troops crossed the swollen river Aisne and arrived at Soissons on 4 March. There they linked up with reinforcements that brought Blücher's total force to 100,000. [5] On 7 March, a clash ensued at the Battle of Craonne as Napoleon attacked westwards along the Chemin des Dames (literally, the "ladies' road"). Blücher's outflanking ...
This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (French: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its civitas or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times , but without ties to the actual Soissonnais.
The Kingdom or Domain of Soissons is the historiographical name [2] for the de facto independent Roman [3] remnant of the Diocese of Gaul, which existed during late antiquity as a rump state of the Western Roman Empire until its conquest by the Franks in AD 486. Its capital was at Noviodunum, today the town of Soissons in France.
Syagrius (c. 430 – 486 [1] or 487 or 493–4 [2]) was a Roman general and the last ruler of a Western Roman rump state in northern Gaul, now called the Kingdom of Soissons. Gregory of Tours referred to him as King of the Romans. Syagrius's defeat by King of the Franks Clovis I is considered the end of Western Roman rule outside of Italy.
The Battle of Soissons was fought in 486 between Frankish forces under Clovis I and the Gallo-Roman domain of Soissons under Syagrius.The battle was a victory for the Franks, and led to the conquest of the Roman rump state of Soissons, a milestone for the Franks in their attempt to establish themselves as a major regional power.