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Surrender of Bazaine's Army at Metz

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

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1870

Achille Francois Bazaine27 October 1870

Metz · Warfare / Franco-Prussian War

Surrenders 180,000 men denying hope of a Napoleonic restoration

Names involved

Achille Francois Bazaine

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