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Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870 - End of the Second Empire

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - 1700 - 1950 A.D. (Excluding WWI & II)

Last Stocked on 12/10/2022

Product Info

Title
Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870 - End of the Second Empire
Publisher
Category
Author
Philipp Elliot-Wright
Publish Year
1993
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147855502
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM021
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM21

Description

Gravelotte-St-Privat was 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 Prussian's 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. French failure at Gravelotte-St-Privat led directly to their final defeat at Sedan, the collapse of Napoleon III's regime and the proclamation of the German Empire.