Battle of Metz (sep 26, 1870 – oct 20, 1870)

Description:

The French army launched an assault trought the city of Metz to invade Saarland. The 2 army met near the city at 5 a.m. .

France :
Commander : François Achille Bazaine
Louis-Jules Trochu
600,000 infantrymen
1,500 canon
15,000 cavalrymen

Casualties : 300,000 dead and wounded

Germany
Commander : Albrecht von Roon
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Otto von Bismarck
350,000 infantrymen
1,000 canon
4,000 cavalrymen

Casualties : 150,000 dead and wounded

Result : French Pyrrhic victory
France took Saarbruck

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