Spicheren - 6 Août 1870 Charente-Maritime and poison gas

and poison gas

12 25mm x 50mm dual use pill bases are included

During the reign of Philippe IV le Bel

not only of a public condemnation on the part of Napoleon

Spicheren - 6 Août 1870 Charente-Maritime and poison gasBorn of an extremely brief diplomatic crisis, the Franco German war of 1870 sealed the fate of the Second Empire. In three days, from August 4 to 6, the imperial army suffered three major defeats during the battles of Wissembourg and Froeschwiller (Alsace) and the battle of Spicheren (Lorraine). These defeats opened the doors of France to German troops. Unlike the two battles fought in Alsace, the Battle of Spicheren, led on the French side by Bazaine