Battle of Sarrebruck (1 nov 1870 – 10 nov 1870)

Description:

The French army, surrouded in Saarbruck, get attacked by the german forces.

France :
Commander : François Achille Bazaine (Captured)
Louis-Jules Trochu (Captured)
400,000 infantrymen
500 canon
20,000 cavalrymen

Casualties : 250,000 dead and wounded, the others catured or missed.

Germany
Commander : Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Otto von Bismarck
350,000 infantrymen
1,000 canon
10,000 cavalrymen

Casualties : 20,000 dead and wounded

Result : France lost a large scale of its army and two of its best general.

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