CAMPAIGN // Aug 30 – Sep 1, 1870
Franco-Prussian War · Theater · Europe
Force MacMahon's relief march into a battle of envelopment at the Belgian frontier.
Capture of Napoleon III and 100,000 troops; collapse of the Second Empire and proclamation of the Third Republic.
3 engagements
August 31, 1870
Battle of Bazeilles
August 30, 1870
Battle of Beaumont
September 1, 1870
Battle of Sedan