The siege of Bitche was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War initially caused by the German forces on August 8, 1870 to March 26, 1871, where the two...
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it took part in hostilities for the first time at the Siege of Kaiserswerth. After the death of his father, King Frederick William I joined the coalition...
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defeat of the Army of the Rhine at the Siege of Metz in 1870. Friedrich Karl was born at the Royal Palace in Berlin on 20 March 1828, as the only son of Prince...
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surrender of Neu-Breisach, the Imperial German Army captured the last of the fortifications at Alsace, except for the Belfort and of Bitche. After this...
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Carré), Arras, Auxonne, Barraux, Bayonne, Belfort, Bergues, Citadel of Besançon, Bitche, Blaye, Briançon, Bouillon, Calais, Cambrai, Colmars-les-Alpes, Collioure...
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Franco-Prussian War (redirect from Battle of Sarrebruck)
retreated in a westerly direction towards Bitche and Saverne, hoping to join French forces on the other side of the Vosges mountains. The German 3rd army...
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François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo (category Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy)
General of frontier fortifications (Grenoble, Besançon, Dunkirk, St. Omer, Sedan, the Fort Lock, Belfort, and Bitche). Haxo was part of the Council of War...
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the Siege of 1870–1871 (French: Bitche pendant le siège de 1870–1871). Battle of Borny–Colombey (French: Bataille de Borny-Colombey). Battle of Mars-la-Tour...
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Place Denfert-Rochereau (category Buildings and structures in the 14th arrondissement of Paris)
looking for heroes to glorify. (At this time, for example, the village of Bitche, located near the German border on the Orne, had a Parisian square named...
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Charles de Gaulle during World War II (category Provisional government of the French Republic)
at Bitche, simultaneously with the Saar Offensive.: 118 In late February 1940, Paul Reynaud told de Gaulle that he had been earmarked for command of an...
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Pierre Louis Charles de Failly (category Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour)
His inactivity at Bitche on 6 August while the 1st Corps on his right and the 2nd Corps on his left were crushed at the battles of Wörth and Spicheren...
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Ouvrage Simserhof (category Môle de Bitche)
west of Bitche, the ouvrage derived its name from a nearby farm (Hof in German). It was part of the Fortified Sector of Rohrbach. During the Battle of France...
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Zabern Affair (category History of Bas-Rhin)
soldiers moved to the troop training grounds in Oberhofen (near Haguenau) and Bitche. Further rebellions were suppressed. On December 11, the military court...
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Presidential Unit Citation (United States) (category Military awards and decorations of the United States)
Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in...
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Timeline of the liberation of the primary cities of France between 1943 and 1945. Notes Regional government did not exist in 1944-1945 Footnotes "Musée...
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columns reassembled at Pirmasens except for some soldiers who fled as far as Bitche. At Kaiserslautern the French lost about 1,000 men killed, wounded or missing...
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Metz (redirect from Cuisine of Metz)
fortification played a crucial defensive role during the siege of Metz in 1552–53 by Emperor Charles V. the ruins of the city's defensive walls dating from ancient...
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under Lieutenant General Baron Zollern, advanced towards the Fortress of Bitche; which, however, the French commandant, General Kreutzer, refused to surrender...
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French war planning 1920–1940 (category Western European theatre of World War II)
Lauter, east of Hagenau from Bitche to the Rhine, the extension of the Metz region to Longuyon and the Lauter river region from Bitche to the Sarre (Saar)...
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Brunswick pressed forward toward the fortress of Bitche, driving back the Corps of the Vosges and the Army of the Moselle. At this moment, the French government...
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Lille during World War II (category German occupation of France during World War II)
entrenched in the Citadel of Lille. Though otherwise ill-equipped, the Senegalese regiment's armored vehicles allowed them to resist the siege for four days. To...
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Thionville (category Communes of Moselle (department))
of Lund, was imprisoned at Diedenhofen (at the instigation of the Archbishop of Bremen?) upon his return from his 1153 pilgrimage to Rome. The Siege of...
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Burgh, justiciar: the siege of Rochfort-sur-Loire; help... February 1220. Catalogue description William de Champlitte, vicomte of Dijon, to Henry III:...
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Johann Wilhelm von Hunolstein (category German military personnel of the Thirty Years' War)
governor of Bitche on 16 July 1641. In 1642, Hunolstein changed to the Imperial army. He and Adrian von Enkevort were appointed into the General Staff of the...
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Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
operations in the siege of Malta. The island of Malta had a strategically important position in the Mediterranean Sea. With the opening of a new front in...
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Edgard de Larminat (category Recipients of the Order of the Dragon of Annam)
Grand Cross of the Virtuti Militari (Poland) Grand Cross of the Order of the Black Star (Benin) Grand Cross of the Order of the Dragon of Annam Que sera...
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El Kseur (category Communes of Béjaïa Province)
Prussia. Nearly 470 settlers settled in El Kseur, which took the name of Bitche. This name will not stay long since El Kseur or Ighil Maabed will take...
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Henry Ashworth (Royal Navy officer) (category Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars)
Whilst a prisoner of war, Ashworth made several remarkable attempts to recover his freedom, and at last, having escaped from Bitche in December 1808,...
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Sarraltroff (category Communes of Moselle (department))
It is probably the troops of Bernard of Saxe-Weimar who destroyed the village after the siege of Sarrebourg. Communes of the Moselle department "Répertoire...
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Sanry-lès-Vigy (category Communes of Moselle (department))
in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Communes of the Moselle department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv...
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