Mars la Tour Toll Exceeds Thirty Thousand Casualties
A Victorian era report chronicles Charles XII style losses at Mars la Tour and Gravelotte with grim detail. It notes German casualties near thirty thousand total, many officers among the dead, and broader suffering as families travel to fetch bodies. Eyewitness accounts describe brutal frontline fighting and wounded soldiers awaiting aid.
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Mars-la-Tour
Germany
Kiniggritz
12Th Infantry
Dragoon Guards
Shoala
Gravelotte
Rezonville
Rifles
Guarda
Queen Augusta
Alexander
Baron von Arnim
von Fubeck
von Hagen
von Berger
National Society
Morx
St. Marie-aux-Chenes
England
Mr. Herbert
St. Privat
Elrow
Revolution in Paris Drives Demand for Governing Power
Paris faces a rapid political shift as crowds of up to 10 000 press General Trochu to take control while the Legislative Body debates a Commission of Government and National Defence. Reports claim MacMahon defeated at Sedan and the Emperor captured, sparking calls for abdication and a new constitutional order.
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Paris
MacMahon
Biamark
Berlin
Trochu
Paria
Shouta
Trachu
Palais Bourbon
Pulikao
Sedan
M. Jules Favre
Loire
M. Thiers
National Defence
General Palikao
Council of Government and Defence
M. ‘Lhiers
Denan Ling
Chamber
M. Gambotta
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Queen Elizabeth’s
Cat
Elizabeth Regiment
Aelds
Craok
Cream of
Metz
60Th Regiment
3Rd Voluiteurs
Daily Telegraph
Glasgow Herald
Rhine
Mesare
Ransom
Ipswich
Demoiselle
Pont-d-Monsson
Telegraph
Malmuison
Couta
St. Marckl