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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
The Army of the Rhine was the first French Army constituted after the declaration of war, formed from the available troops during peacetime. Initially commanded by the Emperor Napoleon III, the Army included the Imperial Guard (French: La Garde Impériale), 7 Army Corps and a general reserve.
Total deployment: 2,000,740 [2] 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.
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The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. ' Army of Land ' ), is the principal land warfare force of France , and the largest component of the French Armed Forces ; it is responsible to the Government of France , alongside the French Navy , French Air and Space Force , and the National Gendarmerie . [ 3 ]
French intelligence operations (2 C, 10 P) N. ... Standing French Navy Deployments; A. Operation Adolphe; US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021) Operation Atlante;
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.