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Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870: End of the Second Empire (PDF eBook)

eBook by Elliot-Wright, Philipp

Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870: End of the Second Empire (PDF eBook)

£13.59

ISBN:
9781846035944
Publication Date:
20 Jun 2013
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:
Osprey Publishing
Pages:
96 pages
Format:
eBook
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Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870: End of the Second Empire (PDF eBook)

Description

A fully-illustrated, detailed volume on Gravelotte-St-Privat, probably the hardest fought of all the battles of the Franco-Prussian War.Attacked by superior Prussian forces from both the First and Second armies, Marshal Bazaine's French Army of the Rhine inflicted heavy casualties on the advancing Prussians before finally being forced to retreat into the fortress city of Metz. Unable to break out and with no hope of relief Bazaine's army grimly held on to the end of the war.Philipp Elliot-Wright explores the French failure at Gravelotte-St-Privat, which led directly to their final defeat at Sedan, the collapse of Napoleon III's regime and the proclamation of the German Empire.

Contents

Introduction/The Road to War/The Opposing Leaders/The Opposing Armies/Mobilization and Deployment/The Frontier Battles/The Retreat to Metz/The Battle of Gravelotte-St-Privat /Aftermath/The Battlefield Today/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/Wargaming Gravelotte-St-Privat

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