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