Battle of Wissembourg (1870)
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The Battle of Wissembourg or Battle of Weissenburg, the first of the Franco-Prussian War, was joined when three German army corps surprised the small French garrison at Wissembourg on 4 August 1870. T
German concentration on Wissemburg
Situation 12.15 PM
Illustration of the 5th Royal Bavarian Regiment at the battle
Illustration of the storming of the Geissburg
Battle of Wörth
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The Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle of Frœschwiller, refers to the second battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the Fra
Battle of Wissembourg (1870)
…The fall of Wissembourg allowed the Prussian army to move into France and compelled Marshal Patrice MacMahon to give battle, and suffer defeat, at the Battle of Wörth on 6 August. In June 1870 Napoleon III had moved the French army into Lorraine and occupied Saarbrücken on 2 August. Napoleon wished to win a significant…
Wuerttemberger bei Woerth
Battle of Wörth, 1870 (general overview)
Situation at noon.