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Facts

Date September 19, 1870 - January 28, 1871
Location France • Paris
Participants France • Prussia
Context Franco-German War

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Franco-German War
Gambetta escaping Paris in October 1870
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Timeline

Battles of Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte
Battles of Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte
August 16, 1870 - August 18, 1870
Battle of Sedan
Battle of Sedan
September 1, 1870
Franco-German War
Siege of Paris
September 19, 1870 - January 28, 1871

Key People

Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]