[2][9] This was one of a series of victories by a division of the Prussian army along the Loire under the command of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin before the Garde Mobile's forces fledgling by commander Minister Fiereck, within a week after the Imperial German Army was defeated at the Battle of Coulmiers.

[5] On November 17, 1870, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin attacked a French army led by General Kératry which was part of the French Western Army led by General Yves-Louis Fiereck at the Battle of Dreux, and captured Dreux from the opponent's hand.

The Germans suspected that the Loire Corps was making a move from Dreux to Paris, but in fact the French legion was still operating in front of Orléans.

[5] While the entire Army of the West to conduct retreating Chartres to Châteaudun, HRH Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia pulled the infantry regiments to Beaune-la-Rolande and Montargis to flank the Corps Loire of France.

[11] The division of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg united with the Prince's army, and on the 28th of November, the French general Paladines was defeated at the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande.