Capture of mitrailleuses by the Bavarians at the Battle of Worth in 1870, during the Franco Prussian War

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This second battle of Wörth took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the Franco-Prussian War. Troops from Germany commanded by Crown Prince Frederick and directed by his Chief of Staff, General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, defeated the French under Marshal Mac-Mahon near the village of Wörth in Alsace, on the Sauer

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Size: 9000px × 6941px
Location: Fröschweiler, Wörth, France
Photo credit: © Walker Art Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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