Battle of Mars-la-Tour

When

16 Aug 1870

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

49.10° N, 5.87° E

Description

1870 battle

1870 battle of the Franco-Prussian War

The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, near the village of Mars-la-Tour in northeast France. One Prussian corps, reinforced by two more later in the day, encountered the entire French Army of the Rhine in a meeting engagement and, following the course of battle, the Army of the Rhine retreated toward the fortress of Metz.

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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 Mars-la-Tour: Prussian victory”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Mars-la-Tour zwingen zwei preußische Korps die französische Rheinarmee zum Rückzug in die Festung Metz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Mars-la-Tour (ou de Vionville ou de Rezonville) en Moselle ; Bazaine n'utilise pas sa supériorité numérique pour stopper l'offensive prussienne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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