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The Army of Observation (Armée d'Observation) numbered approximately 55,000 men. Its role was to defend the country's borders. Commander: Lieutenant-General Baron Félix Chazal. Chief of Staff: Colonel Monoyer 1st Army Corps (Ier corps d'armée) Commanded by Lieutenant-General Sapin; 2nd Army Corps (IIe corps d'armée) Commanded by Prince Philippe
Total deployment: 1,494,412 [4] Initial strength: ... 1870. The French Army consisted in peacetime of approximately 426,000 soldiers, some of them regulars, others ...
As early as August 1870, the Prussian 3rd Army led by Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia (the future Frederick III, German Emperor), had been marching towards Paris. [4] A French force accompanied by Napoleon III was deployed to aid the army encircled by Prussians at the Siege of Metz.
The Army of the Rhine (French: Armée du Rhin) was a French military unit that fought in the Franco-Prussian War. It was created after the declaration of war on July 18 1870. It was created after the declaration of war on July 18 1870.
20 April - Constitutional referendum reaffirms the status of the Second French Empire. 14 July - Ems Dispatch published, serving as a casus belli for war between France and Prussia. 15 July - French army mobilizes. 16 July - Corps législatif votes to declare war on Prussia. 19 July - France declares war on Prussia: opening of the Franco ...
The Army of Châlons (French: Armée de Châlons) was a French military formation that fought during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Formed in the camp of Châlons on August 17, 1870, from elements of the Army of the Rhine which the formation was issued from, the Army of Châlons was engaged in combats of Beaumont and Sedan while disappearing during the capitulation of September 2, 1870.
The siege of Belfort (3 November 1870 – 18 February 1871) was a 103-day military assault and blockade of the city of Belfort, France by Prussian forces during the Franco-Prussian War. The French garrison held out until the January 1871 armistice between France and the German Empire obligated French forces to abandon the stronghold in February ...
The siege of Metz was a battle fought during the Franco-Prussian War from August 19 to October 27, 1870 and ended in a decisive allied German victory.. The French Army of the Rhine under François Bazaine retreated into the Metz fortress after its defeat by the Germans at the Battle of Gravelotte on 18 August 1870.