Fb2 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF MOLTKE'S STRATEGYDisplayed and Explained from the Battles of Gravelotte and St. Privat 18th August 1870 ePub

The Battle of Gravelotte - St. Privat, fought on August 18th - came early in the Franco-Prussian War and, although . Pinned down by merciless fire from the superior French Chassepot rifles, the Prussians responded with their Krupp heavy guns.

The Battle of Gravelotte - St. Privat, fought on August 18th - came early in the Franco-Prussian War and, although a Pyrrhic victory for the Prussians (their casualties were more than twice those of the French) - proved a strategic victory from which the French never recovered.

The Battle of Gravelotte – St. Privat, fought on August 18th – came early in the Franco-Prussian War and, although a Pyrrhic victory for the Prussians (their casualties were more than twice those of the French) – proved a strategic victory from which the French never recovered. Fought just west of the fortress city of Metz in Lorraine it followed a defeat inflicted on France the previous day at Mars-le-Tour, and was the final vindication of the tactics used by the brilliantly ruthless German C-in-C Field Marshal Hellmuth Von Moltke whose battle strategy if the subject of this absorbing book.

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The Battle of Gravelotte (or Gravelotte–St. Hönig, Fritz August, Twenty-four hours of Moltke's strategy, Royal Artillery Institution (1895). Privat) on 18 August 1870 was the largest battle during the Franco-Prussian War, named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine between Metz and the former French–German frontier. By 12:00, General Manstein opened up the battle before the village of Amanvillers with artillery from the Hessian 25th Infantry Division. The French Army 1600-1900.

The Battle of Gravelotte (or Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat) on 18 August 1870 was the largest battle of the Franco-Prussian War. Named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine, it was fought about 6 miles (. km) west of Metz, where on the previous day, having intercepted the French army's retreat to the west at the Battle of Mars-La-Tour, the Prussians were now closing in to complete the destruction of the French forces.

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Moltke’s strategy, Displayed and explained prom the. Battles of gravelotte and st. My relation of the tactical events of the 18th of August at Gravelotte must lose some little weight from the fact that I did not myself take part in these struggles. I can therefore only judge from what the present condition of Military History offers to me. The filling in of the picture is given from protracted personal investigations on the actual ground, and from numerous statements by various persons who took part in these events, and who have placed their observations at my disposal. Named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine between Metz and the former French–German frontier, it was fought about west of Metz, where on the previous day, having intercepted the French army's retreat to the west at the Battle of Mars-La-Tour, the Prussians were now closing in to complete the destruction of the French forces. The combined German forces under King Wilhelm I were the Prussian First and Second Armies of the North German Confederation with 210 infantry battalions, 133 cavalry squadrons, and 732 heavy cannons totaling 188,332 officers and me. he French Army of the Rhine, commanded by Marshal François Achille Bazaine, dug in along high ground with their southern left flank at the town of. Rozerieulles, and their northern right flank at St. Privat