Historical place archive

Worth in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Worth in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records2 event labels2 people1870–1870

Historical events in Worth

1870

6 August 1870
Battle of Worth
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon · Franco-Prussian War

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

6 August 1870
Battle of Worth
Patrice de MacMahon · Franco-Prussian War

Is defeated by Frederick's Third Army.

6 August 1870
Third Army
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon · Franco-Prussian War

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

Provenance

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