Engraving depicting the Battle of Wœrth. Prussian troops were commanded by Frederick Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl III of Prussia (1831-1888) and directed by his Chief of Staff, General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810-1900), defeated the French under Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta (1808-1893) near the village of Wœrth in Alsace. Dated 1870

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Engraving depicting the Battle of Wœrth. Prussian troops were commanded by Frederick Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl III of Prussia (1831-1888) and directed by his Chief of Staff, General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810-1900), defeated the French under Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta (1808-1893) near the village of Wœrth in Alsace. Dated 1870

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