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Turbulent week reshapes Europe amid Napoleon III crisis
The period before Metz unfolds with French delay and a decisive German advance. Crown Prince’s forces rout French near Weissenburg and Woerth while Steinmetz drives on Saarbruck. Paris reels, National Guard called, and a government crisis grows as Trochu, Palikao, and Ollivier face no confidence. Martial law looms amid rumors of abdication and revolution.
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Europe
Prince Imperial
Saarbruck
the Rhine
Metz
Prussia
Rhine
Weissenburg
Marshal MacMahon
Hagenau
MacMahon
Woerth
Niederbronn
Saverne
Nancy
Hagenan
Sarreguemines
Crown Prince
Alsace
Steinmetz
Frossard
Speicheren
Saar
Forbach
Marshal Bazaine
Trochu
Chalons
Changarnier
Prince Frederic Charles
Landau
Paris
Bank of France
Chamber
Tuileries
Place de la Concorde
National Guard
M. Ollivier
M. Latour du Moulin
Jules Favre
M. Emile Ollivier
Jerome David
Count Palikao
Summer Palace
Duke de Persigny
Paria
Corps Législatif
Berlin
Montauban
Duke of
Palikeio
Commons
Napoleon III