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Nonconformist in London, Middlesex

31 Aug 1870

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Nonconformist

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 31, 1870

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2

German Forces Advance and Strasbourg Bombardment Reported

French telegrams indicate German corps moving to flank MacMahon with Crown Prince Saxony in front. Strasbourg endures heavy bombardment as German siege guns threaten the fortress. 60 interned shots per minute, fires spread through Schiltigheim and other nearby villages.

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MacMahon Vionvillle Gravelotte Crown Prince of Meziéres Stenay Varennes Paria Epernay Rheims Saxony Chasseurs Montmedy Clermont Verdun St. Menehould Daily News Rethel Paris Luxembourg France Bozaine Laon Soissons Metz Prussia Vouziers 13Th Army Corps Buzaine Times Frederick Charles Steinmetz 4Th 6Th Army Corps 11Th 12Th Wurtemburg Landwehr Strasbourg Phalsburg Toul Prince Frederick Charles Rhine Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Lyons Mandelsheim Ulrich Kehl Carlsruhe Schiltigheim Baden Leszinsky Daily Telegraph Niederhausbergen Reichstett Lingolsheim Ruprechtsau Grising Hotel de Ville
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The Battles Before Metz Summary Begins

German forces attacked the French near Metz as Frossard's corps retreated toward Verdun. The First East Prussian and Seventh Westphalian Hanoverian Army Corps pressed the assault, pushing French forces back across the Moselle near Longeville.

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Metz Pall Mall Gazette Verdun Frossard Moselle Longeville
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