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

• Contributor: Walker Art Library / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: CWHJW3
• File size: 178.7 MB (19.7 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 9000 x 6941 px | 76.2 x 58.8 cm | 30 x 23.1 inches | 300dpi
• Location: Fröschweiler, Wörth, France

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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