Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
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Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of direc
Graf von Moltke, c. 1870s
Moltke (left) advising Ottoman commander Hafiz Pasha at Nezib
Statue of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, near the Berlin Victory Column in the Tiergarten, Berlin, by Joseph Uphues
Sketch of Helmuth von Moltke
Battle of Sedan
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The Battle of Sedan, also known as the First Battle of Sedan, was fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 1 to 2 September 1870. Resulting in the capture of Emperor Napoleon III and over a hundred
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
…attacked at Beaumont while attempting to cross the Meuse, his advance necessarily abandoned, and his army with difficulty collected at Sedan. At the Battle of Sedan, the two German armies surrounded the French army, which on 1 September was attacked from multiple sides and compelled to surrender. Moltke then resumed…
Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, by Wilhelm Camphausen.
The movements of the French and German armies from 23 to 29 August. Red: French, Blue: Germans
Situation about 10 AM
Photograph taken during the Battle of Sedan. Supposedly the first photograph ever taken of an active land battle