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The 120,000 strong French Army of Châlons, commanded by Marshal Patrice de Mac-Mahon and accompanied by Napoleon III, was attempting to lift the Siege of Metz, only to be caught by the Prussian Meuse Army and defeated at the Battle of Beaumont. The Meuse Army and the Prussian Third Army, commanded by Field-Marshal Helmuth von Moltke and accompanied by Prussian King Wilhelm I and Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, cornered MacMahon's army at Sedan in a massive encirclement battle. Marshal MacMahon was wounded during the attacks and command passed to General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot.

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  • Battle of Sedan (1870)
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  • The 120,000 strong French Army of Châlons, commanded by Marshal Patrice de Mac-Mahon and accompanied by Napoleon III, was attempting to lift the Siege of Metz, only to be caught by the Prussian Meuse Army and defeated at the Battle of Beaumont. The Meuse Army and the Prussian Third Army, commanded by Field-Marshal Helmuth von Moltke and accompanied by Prussian King Wilhelm I and Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, cornered MacMahon's army at Sedan in a massive encirclement battle. Marshal MacMahon was wounded during the attacks and command passed to General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot.
Strength
  • 564(xsd:integer)
  • 774(xsd:integer)
  • 120000(xsd:integer)
  • 200000(xsd:integer)
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dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Partof
  • the Franco–Prussian War
Date
  • 1870-09-01(xsd:date)
Commander
  • Patrice de Mac-Mahon
  • Helmuth von Moltke
  • Napoleon III
  • Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann
  • Wilhelm I
  • Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot
Align
  • left
  • right
Width
  • 30.0
Casualties
  • 700(xsd:integer)
  • 2320(xsd:integer)
  • 3000(xsd:integer)
  • 5980(xsd:integer)
  • 9000(xsd:integer)
  • 14000(xsd:integer)
  • 103000(xsd:integer)
  • 120000(xsd:integer)
  • Total:
Result
  • Decisive Prussian victory
  • End of the Second French Empire
combatant
  • France
Place
  • Sedan, France
Source
  • Ducrot
  • Moltke
Conflict
  • Battle of Sedan
Quote
  • "Now we have them in the mousetrap"
  • "We are in the chamber pot and about to be shat upon."
abstract
  • The 120,000 strong French Army of Châlons, commanded by Marshal Patrice de Mac-Mahon and accompanied by Napoleon III, was attempting to lift the Siege of Metz, only to be caught by the Prussian Meuse Army and defeated at the Battle of Beaumont. The Meuse Army and the Prussian Third Army, commanded by Field-Marshal Helmuth von Moltke and accompanied by Prussian King Wilhelm I and Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, cornered MacMahon's army at Sedan in a massive encirclement battle. Marshal MacMahon was wounded during the attacks and command passed to General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot.
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