Karl von Steinmetz28 July 1870
The Germans lose 20,000 to the French 12,000. Loses to the French by sending his First Army to be massacred in a ravine. Decisive German victory which the French could have avoided
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The Germans lose 20,000 to the French 12,000. Loses to the French by sending his First Army to be massacred in a ravine. Decisive German victory which the French could have avoided
Commands the siege at the hamlet of St Privatla Montaigne
Commands the Prussian forces which defeat the French under bazaine
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