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| | Clasps to the KDM 1870/71 |
 | | August 18, 1870: The French Army of the Rhine under Marshal Bazaine (II, III, IV and VI Corps with the Guards Corps in reserve) is attacked by the 1st Army (VII and VIII Corps) under Gen. von Steinmetz and 2nd Army (III, IX, X, XII (Saxon) and Guards Corps) under Prince Friedrich Karl von Preußen. |
 | | December 4, 1870: The second battle of Orléans leads to German reoccupation of the city (captured in October, it had been lost to the French after the defeat of the Bavarians at the battle of Coulmiers on Nov. 11) and the division of the Army of the Loire in two. |
 | | December 23, 1870: A series of engagements between the 1st Army under General Edwin von Manteuffel (principally VII Corps) and the French Army of the North on the banks of the Hallue east-northeast of Amiens are generally indecisive, but the French withdraw anyway to consolidate their forces. |
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