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Battle of Beaumont
The Battle of Beaumont on 30 August 1870 was won by Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War.
It was fought between the French V Corps under general Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, and IV Corps under general Constantin von Alvensleben, XII Corps under Prince Georg of Saxony along with the I Royal Bavarian Corps under general Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann. The French were surprised in their cantonments and driven back upon Mouzon, with losses of 7,500 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,400.
August 1888.
Richard and Nora produced four children
- Vera Nora Beaumont-Thomas born 12 June 1889, died 24 Nov 1900,
- Colonel Lionel Beaumont-Thomas MC MP born 1 Aug 1893,
- Irene Murial Beaumont-Thomas born 9 Oct 1894 and,
- Reginald Alexander Beaumont-Thomas born 3 Sep 1903.
Inventions.
During 1885, assisted by Robert Davies, Richard Beaumont-Thomas invented a cleaning machine and a dusting machine. These machines made possible the continuous production of tinplate