The Battle of Chevilly was fought during the siege of Paris. The battle was the second French sortie from Paris against the German armies. On 30 September 1870 General

Joseph Vinoy Joseph Vinoy (10 August 1803 – 27 April 1880) was a French soldier. Biography He originally intended to join the Church, but, after some years at a seminary, he decided upon a military career and joined the French army in 1823. As a sergean ...

attacked the Prussian

VI Corps 6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to: France * VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army dur ...

at Chevilly and was easily repulsed. The Prussian VI Corps commanded by General Von Trumpling repulsed an attempt by the French army from Paris led by General

; The French army in the battle suffered greater losses than the Prussian army. General Vinoy - who commanded a corps includes all regular forces finally of France during the war , has conducted an "attack reconnaissance" nonsense on the left bank of the Seine on September 30, 1870: with Twenty thousand men, under the cannons of the fortresses of Bicêtre and Ivry, he proceeded to raid the villages of L'Hay, Chevilly and Thiaïs. The Prussian VI Corps had no difficulty crushing and forcing Vinoy's forces to flee in chaos. Due to large losses, the French requested a ceasefire for burialmartyrs and sending wounded soldiers to the rear. Two weeks after the defeat at the Battle of Chevilly, Vinoy launched another siege on October 13, 1870 in the

Battle of Châtillon The Battle of Châtillon, also known as the Battle of Châtillon-sous-Bagneux, was a skirmish in the Siege of Paris between France and North German Confederation in the Franco-Prussian War, took place on 13 October 1870. This is also considere ...

, which also ended with the defeat of the French.Tony Jacques, ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E'', Page 96

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