Bataille

Battle of Mars-la-Tour

16 août 1870 · 49.10° N, 5.87° E

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16 août 1870
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Bataille
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49.10° N, 5.87° E
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1870 battle

Battle of Mars-la-Tour

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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