Picture No | 10219300 |
Date | 1870 |
Description | Franco-Prussian War. General View of the Battle of Sedan fro |
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French Marshal MacMahon is defeated at Sedan on September 1st 1870, following french defeats at Worth, Weissenburg, Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte. The French Army and Emperor Napoleon III capitulate on September 2nd.
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Source | Illustrated London News. 1870. p 340-1. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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