Prussian Battle Names Reassigned After Major Engagements
French losses and prisoner captures mark a turning point as the King of Prussia renames three recent battles. Courcelles, Vionville, and Gravelotte replace previous French and varied German appellations for August 14, 16, and 18 battles. Prussian forces prepare locomotives for advance while civilians witness the prisoners escorted by cuirassiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courcelles
Vionville
Gravelotte
Plombin
Longeville
Pange
Mars-le-Tour
Tronville
Metz Described as Vast Hospital and Looming Pest House
A Scotsman correspondent reports Metz in ruins with surgeons warning of hospital fever and gangrene as 20,000 wounded rot in the siege. Rezonville to Remilly evacuations strain supplies while Gravelotte exposure and French relief efforts unfold amid a looming bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxembourg
Scotsman
Metz
Duchy
Crimea
Walla
Moselle
Gravelotte
Kilnische Zeitung
St. John
Napoleon
Straberg
2Nd Army Corps
Remilley
Nied
Hôtel Des Voyageurs
Rezonville
Sisters of Mercy
Retonville
Frankfort
France
Pont-a-Mousson
Forbach
Berlin
St. Thiebauld
Expected Siege of Paris Prompts Massive Mobilization
Amid looming Prussian advance Paris fortifies with walls mounted guns and 800 rounds per detachment. 15,000 regulars plus 50,000 National Guards and 30,000 Guard Mobile surround the capital as 40,000 refugees seek shelter within fortifications. General Trochu enforces subsistence checks and expulsion orders.
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Paris
Paris Committee of Defence
M. Armand Behic
Mellinet
Count Darn
M. Dupuy de Lome
Marquis de Talhouet
M. Thiers
Corps Législatif
Committee of Defence
Seine
Marne
St. Maur
Trochu
Trocha
France
Department
The
Loire
National Guard
Count Trochu
Count de Palikao
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