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    Battle of Gravelotte (or Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat) on 18 August 1870 was the largest battle of the Franco-Prussian War. Named after Gravelotte...
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    of Gravelotte, or Gravelotte–St. Privat (18 August), was the largest battle in the Franco-Prussian War. It was fought about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Metz...
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    important part in the battle of Gravelotte were Saint-Privat, Amanvillers and Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes, all lying to the north of Gravelotte. During WW1, the...
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  • Gravelotte is a small town situated in the east of the Limpopo province of South Africa. Mining centre 10 km north-east of Leydsdorp and 52 km north-west...
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    Government of National Defense on 4 September. The German armies besieged Paris on 19 September. After its pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Gravelotte on 18...
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    French Army of the Rhine under François Bazaine retreated into the Metz fortress after its defeat by the Germans at the Battle of Gravelotte on 18 August...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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    withdrew to the Plappeville plateau east of Gravelotte over the course of the day. There the Battle of Gravelotte would be fought on 18 August. Tactically...
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    Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (category Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary)
    of the battle of Gravelotte was to drive Bazaine into the fortress of Metz and cut him off from Paris. Nothing shows Moltke's insight and strength of...
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    especially at the Battle of Gravelotte, which also afforded him the opportunity of mending the previous war's grievances with the House of Hohenzollern by...
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    Imperial Guard (Napoleon III) (category Army units and formations of France)
    Franco-Prussian War of 1870 the Imperial Guard was present at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, Battle of Gravelotte and the Siege of Metz. Although an elite...
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  • Gravelotte, Limpopo, in South Africa Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (1876-1939), a French fencer Battle of Gravelotte, August 18, 1870 This disambiguation page lists...
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    Guards Corps (German Empire) (category Corps of Germany in World War I)
    1870–1871 as part of 2nd Army. It saw action in the Battle of Gravelotte, Battle of Sedan and the Siege of Paris (including the Battle of Le Bourget), among...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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    man who fed the world: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug and his battle to end world hunger: An authorized biography. Durban House. ISBN 1930754906...
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    Charles de Lorencez (category Counts of Lorencez)
    the Battle of Mars-la-Tour just 2 days later. On the 18th, Lorencez was captured during the massive Battle of Gravelotte, the biggest battle of the war...
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    Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (category Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree)
    needed] At the Battle of Gravelotte he lost his temper and wasted his troops against a French superior position, nearly causing the defeat of the Prussian...
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  • Friedrich von Scholl (category Grand Officers of the Order of the Star of Romania)
    officer of the Prussian Army afterwards. During the 1870–71 Franco–Prussian War, Sekonde-Lieutenant Scholl fought for Prussia in the Battle of Gravelotte and...
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    Charles-Denis Bourbaki (category Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour)
    with the command of the Imperial Guard, and he played an important part in the fighting round Metz. His conduct at the Battle of Gravelotte in August 1870...
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    I Corps (German Empire) (category Corps of Germany in World War I)
    action in the Battle of Noiseville, the Battle of Gravelotte, the Siege of Metz, the Battle of Amiens, the Battle of Hallue, and the Battle of St. Quentin...
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    18 August 1870, the Battle of Gravelotte, the biggest battle of the war, took place in Lorraine between the Germans and the army of Marshal Bazaine. The...
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    François Certain de Canrobert (category Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour)
    participating in the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Magenta, the Battle of Solferino and the Battle of Gravelotte. A staunch supporter of Napoleon III, he...
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    Montigny mitrailleuse (category Machine guns of Belgium)
    personnel. Most of the time, they were used quite ineffectively to engage distant targets. When the weapon was engaged at the Battle of Gravelotte in 1870, in...
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    army under Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, his old opponent. At the Battle of Gravelotte, they formed the extreme left of the German army, and with the...
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  • record for the maximum number of triage cases processed by a casualty station in a twenty-four-hour period during the battle of Passchendale. Their work routinely...
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  • all the wars and battles in which Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia were militarily engaged in before the founding of the German Empire...
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  • merely disrupt and hold back the French for an hour, lessons from the Battle of Gravelotte influenced Prince George's decision to attempt to encircle the French...
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    Mitrailleuse (category Machine guns of Belgium)
    significant impact. Captain Barbe's mitrailleuse battery at the Battle of Gravelotte devastated massed Prussian infantry when they had quickly found the...
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  • fighting for the rest of the war. Following a loss at the Battle of Gravelotte, the French Army of the Rhine retreated to the defenses of Metz. Given their...
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    the Battle of Gravelotte, the foundation stone for the memorial was laid. During a ten-day centennial celebration held for the 100th anniversary of Wilhelm...
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