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With the support of the Prussian II and Saxon XII Corps of Prince Friedrich Karl's Second Army, the Guards conquered St. Privat by 20:00 hours after heavy losses, pushing back the French right wing. Bazaine's Army of the Rhine withdrew into Metz fortress on the morning of 19 August.
Sprawę pogorszyła pruska artyleria strzelająca na oślep z St. Privat, której pociski rozrywały się między własnymi szeregami. W wyniku zamieszania i ciemności, niektóre bataliony II Korpusu otworzyły bratobójczy ogień do żołnierzy VIII Korpusu cofających się w panice spod ognia batalionów Frossarda.
17 paź 2015 · At St. Privat, commander of the Second Army Friedrich Karl sent in the elite Prussian Guard against Marshal François Certain Canrobert’s VI Corps. The attackers lost 8,000 men, and Canrobert’s corps of 23,000 men held against some 100,000 Germans. Bazaine ignored Canrobert’s pleas for reinforcement.
16 paź 2007 · On a single day of the Franco-Prussian War, the armies of Helmuth von Moltke and François Achille Bazaine nearly annihilated each other in an epic slaughter at Gravelotte/Saint-Privat that would not be matched until World War I.
The Battle of Gravelotte (to the Germans) or Saint-Privat (to the French) took place on 18 August 1870, west of Metz. It paved the way for the French army’s capitulation and Napoleon III’s surrender, on 2 September 1870, at Sedan.
On 18 August 1870, Marshal Bazaine’s troops clashed with Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia’s army at Gravelotte, in a bloody melee. 125 000 French faced 285 000 Germans. The goal of the battle was the Saint-Privat hilltop, defended by Marshal Canrobert’s VI Corps.
