Battle of Gravelotte

When

18 Aug 1870

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

49.11° N, 6.03° E

Description

1870 battle of the Franco-Prussian War

1870 battle of the Franco-Prussian War

The Battle of Gravelotte on 18 August 1870 was the largest battle of the Franco-Prussian War. Named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine, it was fought about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Metz, where on the previous day, having intercepted the French army's retreat to the west at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, the Prussians were now closing in to complete the destruction of the French forces.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Gravelotte: Prussian victory”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Gravelotte gelingt es den Preußen, einen französischen Angriff zurückzuschlagen und Richtung Metz vorzurücken”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Saint-Privat-la-Montagne (ou bataille de Gravelotte) ; par son inaction, Bazaine laisse la victoire aux Prussiens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Franco-Prussian19 Jul 1870 · Interstate war · Deaths 204,313