. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. orces were moved to the French frontier. The French Armies.—After concentrating in the vicinity of Nancy, Metz, andThionville, the French forces were moved forward to the German frontier. In thelatter part of July, the Emperor Napoleon III. left Paris for the seal of war, andtook the chief command of the French armies. The principal French armies werethe Army of the Moselle, under Marshal Bazaine, in the neighborhood of Metz andThionville, and the Army of the Rhine, under Marshal MacMahon, in the vicinityof Stra
. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. orces were moved to the French frontier. The French Armies.—After concentrating in the vicinity of Nancy, Metz, andThionville, the French forces were moved forward to the German frontier. In thelatter part of July, the Emperor Napoleon III. left Paris for the seal of war, andtook the chief command of the French armies. The principal French armies werethe Army of the Moselle, under Marshal Bazaine, in the neighborhood of Metz andThionville, and the Army of the Rhine, under Marshal MacMahon, in the vicinityof Strasburg. There was also a large army of reserves, under Marshal Canrobert,Jt Chalons-sur-Marne. Numerical Strength of the Belligerent Forces—Skirmish at Saar-bincken,—Toward the end of July, the German troops, 700,000 in number, occu-pied a line along the French frontier, extending from the Moselle to the French troops, 350,00; it; , were assembled at various points along theftontier, directly opposite the Prussian line. Skirmishes occurred at Saarbrucken,. LEOPOLD.
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