Garde Mobile
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The Garde mobile was intended to be a reserve force of all able-bodied men previously not drafted, trained yearly, during the time of Napoleon III.
The Attack at Dawn (Alphonse de Neuville, 1877). Prussian troops advance on a French town; French troops including Algerian riflemen and members of the Garde Mobile rush to defend. The Walters Art Museum.
Franco-Prussian War
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The Franco-Prussian War, occasionally known as the Franco-German War, and sometimes referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between France and the North German Confederation led by Pr
Garde Mobile
…Niel's death in 1869, his replacement Edmond Le Bœuf regarded the Garde with disdain. The Garde Mobile was called up on in July 1870, as part of the Franco-Prussian War, but arrived too late to Eastern France to be useful, presuming they could have been of use at all, considering how badly many senior officers considered…
A v Werner Kaiserproklamation am 18 Januar 1871
Battle of Mars La Tour, August 16,1870 by Emil Hünten
Siege of Paris
Ernst Zimmer Das Lauenburgische Jäger Bataillon Nr. 9 bei Gravelotte