What the records say
- When
- 4 Aug 1870
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 49.02° N, 7.95° E
- Description
- 1870 first battle of the Franco-Prussian War
5 sources record it
- 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 Wissembourg: Prussian forces overwhelm the French garrison at Wissembourg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Weißenburg, der ersten Schlacht im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg, tritt erstmals ein gesamtdeutsches Heer auf”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaites françaises face aux Prussiens et à leurs alliés à Wissembourg, Forbach-Spicheren, Frœschwiller-Wœrth et Saint-Privat-la-Montagne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “французская армия потерпела поражение при Виссамбуре и оставила Саарбрюккен, открыв прусским войскам дорогу на Страсбург и Мец”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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