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    The Battle of Mars-la-Tour (also known as the Battle of Vionville or Battle of Rezonville) was fought on 16 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War...
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    Vionville (French pronunciation: [vjɔ̃vil]) is a former commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it...
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    Rezonville-Vionville (French pronunciation: [ʁəzɔ̃vil vjɔ̃vil]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was established...
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    under General Constantin von Alvensleben, found the French Army near Vionville, east of Mars-la-Tour. Despite odds of four to one, the III Corps launched...
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    commanding general of the Prussian Second Army. He took part in the battles of Vionville and Gravelotte and in the siege of Metz. After Metz fell he served under...
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    Metz Noisseville Orleans Paris Spichern Sedan Strassburg St. Quentin Vionville-Mars La Tour Villiers Wörth Wissenburg The reverse of the medal, with...
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    of legation. He achieved his first literary successes with the epics Vionville (1874) and Sedan (1875). After publishing a volume of poems, Lieder und...
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    publishing the patriotic poems "Hurrah, Germania!" and "Die Trompete von Vionville", inspired by Germany's victory in the Franco-Prussian War. His 1848 poem...
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    France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rezonville-Vionville. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rezonville. Communes of the Moselle...
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    Rémering-lès-Puttelange Rémilly Réning Retonfey Rettel Reyersviller Rezonville-Vionville Rhodes Riche Richeling Richemont Richeval Rimling Rochonvillers Rodalbe...
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    German army. But his questionable judgment with ill-considered attacks at Vionville-Mars-la-Tour resulted in heavy casualties. Shortly before his death in...
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    Rémering-lès-Puttelange Rémilly Réning Retonfey Rettel Reyersviller Rezonville-Vionville Rhodes Riche Richeling Richemont Richeval Rimling Rochonvillers Rodalbe...
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    Rémering-lès-Puttelange Rémilly Réning Retonfey Rettel Reyersviller Rezonville-Vionville Rhodes Riche Richeling Richemont Richeval Rimling Rochonvillers Rodalbe...
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    Retrieved 2024-04-18. Bernhard von Moltke, Helmuth Karl (1891). Bataille de Vionville - Mars-la Tour », dans Mémoires du maréchal H. de Moltke : la guerre de...
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    Alvensleben to cut off the French line of retreat at Mars-la-Tour and Vionville. Bazaine's army had passed through on its way to Metz, and was attacked...
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  • quickly with two other divisions, and the Boches threw two of the old Vionville divisions of their 3rd and 10th Corps, Brandenburgers and Hanoverians...
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    Ville-sur-Yron • Villecey-sur-Mad • Villers-en-Haye • Villers-sous-Prény • Vionville Waville • Wuisse Xammes • Xivray-et-Marvoisin • Xonville Zarbeling • Zommange...
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    Hofgeismar. Münter, Otto, "Der Soldatenmaler Rocholl und die Schlacht bei Vionville," Deutsches Soldatenjahrbuch, 1995, pp. 308–319. Rocholl, Theodor (1898)...
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    Brigade. He led his unit during the Franco-Prussian War in the battles of Vionville, Gravelotte and Noisseville. On September 22, 1870, he was appointed commander...
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    Mars-la-Tour The 39th Fusilier-regiment at Gravelotte At the Battle of Vionville, 16 August 1870 The Hessians at St. Privat The search Chasseurs d'Afrique...
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    Woerth and Spichern). In the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, it made a charge at Vionville. When the German troops had surrounded Paris, the regiment was assigned...
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    Rémering-lès-Puttelange Rémilly Réning Retonfey Rettel Reyersviller Rezonville-Vionville Rhodes Riche Richeling Richemont Richeval Rimling Rochonvillers Rodalbe...
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    Rémering-lès-Puttelange Rémilly Réning Retonfey Rettel Reyersviller Rezonville-Vionville Rhodes Riche Richeling Richemont Richeval Rimling Rochonvillers Rodalbe...
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    Rémering-lès-Puttelange Rémilly Réning Retonfey Rettel Reyersviller Rezonville-Vionville Rhodes Riche Richeling Richemont Richeval Rimling Rochonvillers Rodalbe...
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