One side was starved out by a siege at Metz, and it began after Vincent Benedetti's remarks were edited in the Ems Dispatch.
General Bourbaki refused to send in the Old Guard during one battle of this conflict, and another battle saw one side successfully utilize Krupp cannons. Giuseppe Garibaldi led the Army of the Vosges during this war which saw the formation of the Third Republic. One side was starved out by a siege at Metz, and it began after Vincent Benedetti's remarks were edited in the Ems Dispatch. Mac-Mahon's defeat by von Moltke at the Battle of Sedan led to the capture of Napoleon III in this conflict. For 10 points, name this war in which the territory of Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by the side led by Otto von Bismarck.
General Bourbaki refused to send in the Old Guard during one battle of this conflict, and another battle saw one side successfully utilize Krupp cannons.
Franco-Prussian War [accept Franco-German War or 1870 War]