| | | Battle of Spicheren | | Conflict | Battle of Gravelotte Main article: Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Main article: Battle of Sedan The French were soundly defeated in several battles owing to the military superiority of the Prussian forces and their commanders. At Sedan on September 2, the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with...
Franco-Prussian War | | Date | August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. Events 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru. 1861 - British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria. 1862...
August 6, 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January - April January 6 - The inauguration of the Musikverein ( Vienna). January 10 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil January 15 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (A...
1870 | | Place | near Map of Germany showing Saarbrücken Saarbrücken [ˈzaːɐ̯ˈbrʏkn̩] is the capital of the Saarland Bundesland in Germany. Geographical location 49° 15 North, 6° 58 East. Population 209,104. The city is the industrial and transport centre of a great coal...
Saarbrucken, The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a...
France | | Result | German victory | | Combatants | | The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia ( German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad...
Prussia | The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a...
France | | Commanders | | Karl von Steinmetz | General Frossard | | Strength | | 27,000 | 24,000 | | Casualties | | 4,871 | 4,000 | | | Battle of Gravelotte Main article: Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Main article: Battle of Sedan The French were soundly defeated in several battles owing to the military superiority of the Prussian forces and their commanders. At Sedan on September 2, the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with...
Franco-Prussian War | | Wissembourg – Spicheren – Battle of Wörth/Fröschwiller Conflict Franco-Prussian War Date August 6, 1870 Place Fröschwiller, Wörth, France Result Decisive German victory The Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle of Fröschwiller, occurred on 6 August 1870 in the...
Worth – Colombey – Battle of Mars-La-Tour Conflict Franco-Prussian War Date August 16, 1870 Place Mars-La-Tour, France Result Prussian victory The Battle of Mars-La-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-La-Tour in north-east France. Two...
Mars-La-Tour – Battle of Gravelotte Conflict Franco-Prussian War Date August 18, 1870 Place Gravelotte, France Result Prussian victory The Battle of Gravelotte (August 18, 1870), was named after a village of Lorraine between Metz and the French frontier. The conflict was between the Germans under King William of Prussia and the...
Gravelotte – Siege of Metz Conflict Franco-Prussian War Date September 3 – October 23, 1870 Place Metz, France Result Decisive Prussian victory The Siege of Metz lasting from September 3 – October 23, 1870 was a crushing defeat for the French during the Franco-Prussian War. After being defeated at the...
Metz – Beaumont – Noiseville – Battle of Sedan Conflict Franco-Prussian War Date September 2, 1870 Place Sedan, France Result Decisive German victory The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War on September 1-2, 1870. The 100,000 strong French Army of Châlons, commanded by Marshal Patrice MacMahon and accompanied...
Sedan – Bellevue – Coulmiers – Beaune-La-Rolande – Hallue – Bapuame – Buzenval – Saint Quentin – Siege of Paris Conflict Franco-Prussian War Date September 19, 1870 – January 28, 1871 Place Paris, France Result German victory The Siege of Paris lasting from September 19, 1870 – January 28, 1871 was the final defeat of the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War. After crushing the...
Paris | | The Battle of Spicheren, also known as the Battle of Forbach, was a battle during the Battle of Gravelotte Main article: Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Main article: Battle of Sedan The French were soundly defeated in several battles owing to the military superiority of the Prussian forces and their commanders. At Sedan on September 2, the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with...
Franco-Prussian War. The German victory compelled the French to withdraw to the defenses of Location within France Rhine watershed Metz is a city in the North-East of France, capital of the Lorraine région and of the département of Moselle (57). It is located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille. History In ancient times Metz, then known...
Metz.
While the French army under Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta President of France, 1873-1879 Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (July 13, 1808 - October 16, 1893) was a Frenchman of Irish descent. He served as President of the Third French Republic from 1873 to 1879. To date he is...
Patrice MacMahon engaged the German III Army at the Battle of Wörth/Fröschwiller Conflict Franco-Prussian War Date August 6, 1870 Place Fröschwiller, Wörth, France Result Decisive German victory The Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle of Fröschwiller, occurred on 6 August 1870 in the...
Battle of Worth, the German I Army under Karl von Steinmetz attacked French forces of François Achille Bazaine.
Steinmetz advanced west from Saarbrucken where he clashed with the units of Bazaine's Army of Chalons under General Frossard between Sphicheren and Forbach. The Germans attacked and routed the French. Bazaine was retreated to Location within France Rhine watershed Metz is a city in the North-East of France, capital of the Lorraine région and of the département of Moselle (57). It is located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille. History In ancient times Metz, then known...
Metz where he planned to withdraw and move to the fprtress of Verdun is the name of several communes in France: Verdun, in the Meuse département, site of the Battle of Verdun during World War I. Verdun, in the Ariège département Also part of the name of: Château-Verdun, in the Ariège département Verdun-en-Lauragais...
Verdun, but once again he was attacked by Steinmetz at the battle of Colombey.
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