Paul Margueritte's account of his father's life, Mon pÃ¨re, details how Jean Auguste Marguerittewas mortally wounded during a cavalry charge on the town of Floing during this battle.
Paul Margueritte's account of his father's life, Mon pÃ¨re, details how Jean Auguste Marguerittewas mortally wounded during a cavalry charge on the town of Floing during this battle. In the midst ofthis battle, division commander Ducrot ordered a retreat, but was overruled by General de Wimpffen,who launched a counterattack at La Moncelle. The counterattack failed after troops under GeneralBaron von der Tann took (*) Bazeilles, and the Army of Chalons was driven back and surrounded by vonMoltke's troops, which were divided into three groups in order to trap the French. For 10 points, namethis battle in which Napoleon III and his troops were captured, deciding the Franco-Prussian war for thePrussians.
Paul Margueritte's account of his father's life, Mon pÃ¨re, details how Jean Auguste Marguerittewas mortally wounded during a cavalry charge on the town of Floing during this battle.
Battle of Sedan