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Battle of Worth

France · Warfare / Franco-Prussian War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1870Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1870

Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon Magenta6 August 1870

Worth · Warfare / Franco-Prussian War

At Worth the German 3rd Army loses 10,500 killed to the French 11,000 under MacMahon

Patrice de MacMahon6 August 1870

Worth · Warfare / Franco-Prussian War

Is defeated by Frederick's Third Army.

Names involved

Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon MagentaPatrice de MacMahon

Provenance

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