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Battle of Reichshoffen, Franco-Prussian war, 6th August 1870. French cuirassiers charging Prussian infantry. The Battle of Reichshoffen (Battle of Worth), the first major engagement of the war, ended in a defeat for the French, with 700 cuirassiers killed by close range fire in a counter-attack on the village of Morsbronn. From a private collection.
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