Near the end of this war, Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot took over for Marshal Mac-Mahon. That followed French losses at the Battles of Mars-La-Tour and Gravelotte. It was started by a dispute over whether a Hohenzollern could claim the Spanish throne which came to a head upon the release of the Ems Dispa
Near the end of this war, Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot took over for Marshal Mac-Mahon. That followed French losses at the Battles of Mars-La-Tour and Gravelotte. It was started by a dispute over whether a Hohenzollern could claim the Spanish throne which came to a head upon the release of the Ems Dispatch. Culminating with the Battle of Sedan, this war was ended by the Treaty of Frankfurt, which took much of Alsace and Lorraine away from France. Name this war that ended the reign of Napoleon the Third which took place in 1870 and 1871.
Near the end of this war, Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot took over for Marshal Mac-Mahon.
{Franco}-{Prussian} War [or {Franco}-{German} War; prompt on {1870 War}]