After General MacMahon failed to defeat Moltke during this conflict, the Treaty of Frankfurt was signed and Napoleon III abdicated from the throne after the Battle of Sedan.
Oskar van Blumenthal sent Constantin von Alvensleben to Metz in this war's Battle of Mars-la-Tour, which saw the retreat by the Army of the Rhine. Tensions building up to this conflict were brought about after the legitimacy of the Hohenzollern's Leopold was questioned by the (*) Ems Dispatch. After General MacMahon failed to defeat Moltke during this conflict, the Treaty of Frankfurt was signed and Napoleon III abdicated from the throne after the Battle of Sedan. For 10 points, name this 1870 to 1881 war started by Otto van Bismark that saw the giving up of the Alcese-Lorraine and the unification of Germany.
Oskar van Blumenthal sent Constantin von Alvensleben to Metz in this war's Battle of Mars-la-Tour, which saw the retreat by the Army of the Rhine.
{Franco-Prussian} War [or {Franco-German} War; accept {1870} War until mentioned] [MB]