Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Le Bourget (Franco-German War).

A determined sortie by the French from Paris, October 27, 1870, in which they carried the village of Le Bourget. They held their ground there until October 30, when they were driven out by the Prussian Guard Corps, leaving 1,200 prisoners in the hands of the Germans, who lost 34 officers and 344 men.