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From the end of November, the Prussian army under the command of Colonel Von Cosel blockaded Longwy, and Georg von Kameke assumed command of the 14th Infantry Division. [2] In the Prussian siege corps, Major Wolf was the commander of the artillery force, and Colonel Schott was entrusted with the management of construction works for the Prussian ...
The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the United States and French Republic from 1798 to 1800. France, plagued by massive crop failures and desperately in need of grain and other supplies, commissioned numerous French privateers, who both legally and illegally captured cargo from merchant vessels of every flag engaged in foreign trade with Britain.
However, while the two main armies were engaged at Engen, Claude Lecourbe captured Stockach from its Austrian defenders under Joseph Louis, Prince of Lorraine-Vaudémont. The loss of this main supply base at Stockach compelled Kray to order a retreat to Meßkirch , where they enjoyed a more favourable defensive position.
King Louis XVI captured: 19 – 23 August 1792 Capture of Longwy Rhine Kingdom of the French Kingdom of Prussia: Coalition victory 24 August – 16 October 1792 Siege of Thionville (1792) Rhine Kingdom of the French Habsburg Monarchy * Armée des émigrés: French victory 29 August 1792 Battle of Verdun (1792) Rhine Kingdom of the French
Longwy (French pronunciation:; older German: Langich, ; Luxembourgish: Lonkech) is a commune in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle , Lorraine ...
Natalis Constant Darche was born at Sainte-Aulde in Seine-et-Marne, France, on 25 October 1856.He was the son of French General Gregoire Darche and his wife Chéron Constance Alexandrine Darche.
(The Center Square) – The Arizona Legislature is considering a bill that would create a tax capture to pay for renovations at Chase Field. The bill would collect sales tax collected at the ...
It was taken by the French in 1646 and destroyed in 1672, at the same time as the rest of the town's fortifications, to permit the future construction of Longwy's stronghold. All that is left are remains of a tower which had probably been reconstructed in the 15th century (possibly the tour de (tower of) Malcouvert or Maucouvert mentioned in ...