The losing side in this battle had intended to retreat and be reinforced by General Vinoy and the newly formed Thirteenth Corps but it was forced to stand and fight.
The losing side in this battle had intended to retreat and be reinforced by General Vinoy and the newly formed Thirteenth Corps but it was forced to stand and fight. One of the losing co-commanders was appropriately named Wimpffen, and it was he who advocated a retreat back over the Meuse. General Ducrot took over at the titular forest after his commander had been struck by a shell splinter. Unfortunately that wounded commander, Marshal MacMahon's, would see his predicament worsen as his side was crushed by forces under Marshal von Moltke. FTP, name this disastrous 1870 defeat for Louis Napoleon in the Franco-Prussian War.
The losing side in this battle had intended to retreat and be reinforced by General Vinoy and the newly formed Thirteenth Corps but it was forced to stand and fight.
Battle of {Sedan}