[5] After an artillery fire by the Prussian army,[4] the officer commanding the French troops at Rocroi was forced to surrender the Division Militia under General Schuler and Sendan and Wilhelm von Woyna.

[7] With the success of the Siege of Rocroi, the military spectrum was obtained on their hands were hundreds of prisoners[9] (of which there are several officers) along with many stocks, costumes and contemporary heavyweight artillery of the French.

[1] After the Prussians, under the command of Major General Wilhelm von Woyna captured Mézières on 2 January 1871,[7] the 14th Division of the spectrum has been resting for a few days to arrange for their next military campaign.

To save time and materials on fortress blockades like earlier sieges of the war, the Germans decided to capture Rocroi with a sudden attack.

And, on 4 January,[1] in an attempt to capture Rocroi, the German infantry and cavalry forces of General Von Senden's division, along with field batteries , marched out.