The Strasburg Offensive (15 sett 1870 anni – 20 sett 1870 anni)

Descrizione:

A french offensive trought the Rhine to secure the other shore. French High Cmmand thought that te German High Command wuld have left this front light defended since the southern state were neutral, they were outnumbered and the Rhine was a strong natural defense. The sat But the German army, better equiped and command, easily defended the Rhine.

France :
Commander : Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta
500,000 infantrymen
2,000 field canon
5,000 cavalrymen
Casualties : 300,000 deads and woundeds

Germany :
Commander : Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz
300,000 infaterymen
1,000 field canon
Casulties : 70,000 deads and woundeds

Results : Germany Unified (The Suth States, after the french agression, join the northern cofederations). German decisive victory.