CAMPAIGN // Aug 14 – Oct 27, 1870
Franco-Prussian War · Theater · Europe
Trap Bazaine's Army of the Rhine inside Metz before it can join MacMahon at Châlons.
173,000 French troops surrendered with Metz on Oct 27; removed half of France's regular army from the war.
5 engagements
August 14, 1870
Battle of Borny-Colombey
August 18, 1870
Battle of Gravelotte
August 16, 1870
Battle of Mars-la-Tour
August 31, 1870
Battle of Noisseville
January 1, 1870
Siege of Metz