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		Wissembourg is situated close to the modern German border, just as it was in 1870.
		Wissembourg can easily be reached from Strasbourg by car, though I must admit I did get somewhat confused navigating the many motorways and major roads on our drive from the heart of Strasbourg.
		The main battlefield monument to the Battle of Wissembourg, situated on the Schloss Geissberg.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/battlefields/wissembourg_today.htm (601 words)

	Wissembourg
		Wissembourg (German: Weißenburg) is a small town and commune situated on the border between France and Germany, in the Alsace région, approximately 60 km north of Strasbourg.
		Wissembourg is a sous-préfecture of the Bas-Rhin département.
		The town was fortified in the 13th century, and was annexed by France under Louis XIV in 1678.
	microfibersuede.com /search.php?title=Wissembourg (118 words)

	Franco-Prussian War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Main article: Battle of Wissembourg On learning that the Second Army was just 30 miles from Saarbrücken and was moving towards the border, General Frossard hastily withdrew the elements of Army of the Rhine in Saarbrücken back to Spicheren and Forbach.
		The battle at first appeared in the French favor for they had better armed rifles, the Chassepot, which was a early bolt-action rifle replacing the musket with a range of over 1,500 yards, far superior to the Prussian Dreyse bolt-action rifle, also called the needle-gun, which had a range of only 600 yards.
		However, the lessons of the battles of Mars-La-Tour and Gravelotte were forgotten, in which thousands of Germans perished in frontal assaults against entrenched French positions, and would have to be painfully re-learned in subsequent conflicts such as the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78 and the Boer War.
	franco-prussian-war.iqnaut.net (5671 words)

	Creation of the first French infantry regiments - Military Photos
		The urban militias were for example outstanding during the battle of Bouvines in 1214 but otherwise not very skilled.
		The Battle of Bouvines was the first great international conflict of alliances among national forces in Europe.
		But from the battle of Bouvines on, the urban militias of the cities send their foot troops, equipped and trained at their cost.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=27573 (1332 words)

	Wissembourg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Benedictine abbey around which the town has grown was founded in the 7th century, perhaps under the patronage of Dagobert I.
		The Maison de Stanislas was the retreat of Stanislas Leczinski, ex-king of Poland, from 1719 to 1725, when the formal request arrived, April 3, 1725 asking for the hand of his daughter in marriage to Louis XV.
		Wissembourg formed the setting for the Romantic novel L’ami Fritz (1869) co-written by the team of Erckmann and Chatrian, which provided the material for Mascagni's opera L'Amico Fritz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wissembourg (500 words)

	Battle of Wissembourg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Wissembourg or Weissenburg was the first battle of the Franco-Prussian War.
		The forces of the Crown Prince were to reach Wissembourg before MacMahon could, thanks to the organisational genius of his Chief of Staff, Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal.
		Shortly after the battle the German III Army was on the move towards Wœrth where they ran into the main body of MacMahon's army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Wissembourg (451 words)

	French-German War 1870-71 - Birth and unification of the German Empire
		This bloody little battle saw the unsupported division of Douay, with some attached cavalry, which was posted to watch the border, attacked in overwhelming but poorly co-ordinated strength by German 3rd Army.
		During the Battle of Worth the French are unable to hold their position along the French-Prussian border and begin the retreat from Alsace.
		The Battle of Gravelotte was the largest battle during the Franco-Prussian War.
	www.germannotes.com /hist_empire_franco_german_war.shtml (1866 words)

	Lone Sentry: The Story of the 36th Infantry Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The division withdrew to Paestum, and on the same beaches that had witnessed their battle baptism, the troops paraded in farewell to Gen. Walker.
		On the last day of battle, they mounted a last furious assault, quit when it was beaten down.
		But in Oberhoffen, taken by the 142nd after several days' pitched battle with King Tiger tanks and SS troopers, T-Patchers faced the most savage fighting of their careers.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/36thinfantry (5129 words)

	Battle of Wissembourg
		This bloody little battle saw the unsupported division of Genl Douay of I Corps, with some attached cavalry, which was posted to watch the border, attacked in overwhelming but poorly co-ordinated strength by German 3rd Army.
		As the day wore on elements of one Bavarian and two Prussian Corps became embroiled in the fight which was notable by the complete lack of higher direction by the Prussians and blind offensive haste by their low level officers.
		6) Schleithal and Wissembourg are one town block, all other villages and the station are one village block.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/vb/scenarios/wissembourg.htm (1613 words)

	Franco-Prussian War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		During the final stages of the war, the German states proclaimed their union under the Prussian King, founding the German Empire.
		The Battle of Wissembourg, on August 4, was the first of three back-to-back, major French defeats, followed by the Battle of Spicheren and the Battle of Worth.
		At Sedan on September 2, the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with 100,000 of his soldiers.
	franco-prussian-war.kiwiki.homeip.net (2630 words)

	Camp Fannin Roll of Honor
		Shelby Stanton’s reference work, Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II, is especially helpful in providing supplemental information for expanded profiles of men and women who died in the service of their country during World War II who had been stationed at Camp Fannin Texas.
		Heavy fire was exchanged by both sides, and it was during this engagement that your son, while carrying ammunition for his machine gun squad, was killed by shrapnel from an exploding shell fired by an enemy tank.
		The 379th and 377th fought the Battle of Fraulautern, and the 379th fought the Battle for Saarlautern-Roden, until the division was relieved in line on 18 Dec. as the 5th Inf.
	www.campfanninrollofhonor.com /s-z.htm (3397 words)

	Notes on the War. Engels 1870-71
		The advanced guards might have been pushed forward into the enemy’s territory; or they might have been left in their actual positions on the border, and the main bodies drawn nearer together a day’s march to the rear.
		The danger to which their fears most pointed was that Napoleon III might make such an initial success the occasion of a hasty peace at the expense of Belgium.
		The battles of Woerth and Forbach showed that no theatrical-triumph was in store for the French arms.
	www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1870/08/20.htm (1513 words)

	Wissembourg Refight
		I recently had the honour to be his Britannic Majesties independent observer at one of the opening battles of the recent conflict between France and the German states.
		With one division already deployed at Wissembourg and the need to concentrate his forces before assuming the offensive this was chosen as the assembly point for the two corps.
		At 4.00 there was a lull in the battle as, with the offensive power of the French exhausted, the Germans reorganised themselves for the final assault.
	www.staineswargamers.org.uk /wiss.htm (1079 words)

	The Staines Wargamers WebSite -Home Page
		1998 - The Battle of Wissembourg (Franco-Prussian War) using 'Volley and Bayonet'.
		2001 - The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863, using 'Volley and Bayonet'.
		Khambula 1879, a refight of the Zulu War Battle, was staged in 2000, at a gaming convention at Royal Holloway College.
	www.staineswargamers.org.uk /galls.htm (134 words)

	Deutsches Weininstitut 2005
		German growers with holdings between Schweigen-Rechtenbach and Wissembourg are permitted to market the wines produced from their “French” grapes under the German appellation Sonnenberg.
		Nearly all the French wine-growers in and around Wissembourg deliver their crop to the cooperative winery in Cleebourg.
		In a battle near Wissembourg in AD 496, he defeated the Alemanni and forced them to move east of the Rhine.
	www.deutscheweine.de /internet-en/nav/704/7043c412-768a-401b-e592-6461d7937aae&uTem=70b501f4-e009-8401-be59-26461d7937aa&_ic_uCon=9be3e662-9180-8017-288b-5952196117f5.htm (954 words)

	Franco-Prussian War - Chronology of the War
		The French 1st Corps along with 1 division of 7th Corps under Marshall MacMahon is defeated by the German Third army under Crown Prince William Frederick in a hotly contested battle
		The French 2nd Corps under Frossard is forced to retire after a day-long battle with the Prussian First and Second armies
		Battle ends in a draw after the French fail to recognize their advantage and advance too slowly.
	web2.cs.cvtc.edu /~cooleyjc/fpwar/chronology/index.html (459 words)

	Franco-Prussian War - The History
		The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 was a disaster for the nation of France and a glorious victory for the Prussian armies as it established a united German empire as the preeminent military power in Europe.
		However, many of the war's early battles were very close and filled with "what if?" scenarios.
		These web pages are mainly concerned with the military history of the war between the Germans and the army of Imperial France.
	web2.cs.cvtc.edu /~cooleyjc/fpwar/history/index.html (211 words)

	Regimbeau
		The Battle of Lechfeld took place in 955 when King Otto I put an end to the Magyar (Hungarian) threat to his Eastern Frankish kingdom in a battle fought on the approach to Augsburg on the rough ground lying between the Rivers Lech and Schmutter.
		It was documented in 1033 that "The oratory of St Peter in Wissembourg was dedicated by Reginbold, bishop of Spirensus (the old spelling of Speyer), and an eclipse of the sun occurred on the nativity of the apostles.".
		He remained bishop until his death in 1039 and his ashes lie in the crypt, the cathedral was completed in 1060.
	home.freeuk.net /regimbeau (1398 words)

	de Castelnau
		He left it on the memorable day of the Battle of Wissembourg—August 4th, 1870—; when the Germans won their first notable victory over the French in Alsace.
		When Germany broke the peace in 1914, de Castelnau was placed in command of the Second Army of Lorraine, and in winning the great battle of the Grand Couronne de Nancy he saved Paris.
		This memorable battle lasted from August 22nd to September 12th.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Madame_Joffre/Castelnau_02.htm (1267 words)

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		The counters are very good (please note that the french term LEURRE means DUMMY) with big icons on the back and the usual two FLAGS on the front.
		As a bonus you will also find some counters to play a new scenario (BATTLE OF WISSEMBOURG : 4 Aug 1870 between Frenches and Germans) of their miniature rules KEPI ROUGES (published in VV nr.5) : instead of miniatures you may use those "counters" depicting soldiers seen from the top.
		You will find maps to reproduce the battle, photos of miniatures, flags to be cutted and used for your 15 mm miniatures.
	grognard.com /info/vv8.txt (251 words)

	DEBELLUM BY DR. PATRICK MARDER
		Wawro makes excellent use of French and, especially, Bavarian archival sources that have often been neglected in previous histories, and weaves a very compelling narrative of the battle of Wissembourg.
		In another more serious logical lapse, Wawro states that immediately prior to the battle of Froeschwiller, Napoleon III, disquieted by reports of the French defeat at Spicheren, contemplated the withdrawal of Marshal Mac-Mahon’s Army of the Rhine.
		But this reasoning makes little sense, because the battles of Spicheren and Froeschwiller took place simultaneously—on the 6th of August--and the defeat at Spicheren did not become clear until after seven o’clock in the evening, after the battle of Froeschwiller had ended.
	www.debellum.org /wawroreview.asp?LID=3 (1262 words)

	Combat History Page
		Led by troops the 19th AIB, the Division crossed the river into Germany in the area of Wissembourg.
		In the resulting Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen, the 14th, supported by the 2nd and 3rd Bns., 315th Infantry, fought the German XXXIX Panzer Corps to a stand-still.
		The division's 11 day stand at Hatten-Rittershoffen gave the rest of Seventh Army time to withdraw to newly prepared defensive positions on the south bank of the Moder River.
	14tharmoreddivision.org /combat.htm (740 words)

	Carl Rochling
		The events of the Franco-Prussian War were particularly appealing to the young artist and he produced many scenes of victorious Prussians in battle such as an Episode in the Battle of Wissembourg and the Capture of the Chateau at Gaisberg.
		Prussian Troops Storming the French Occupied Cemetry at Plancenoit (Battle of Waterloo) by Carl Rochling.
		The Landau Gate at Wissembourg is Taken by Assault, 4th August 1870 by Carl Rochling.
	www.military-prints.com /carl_rochling.htm (473 words)

	The Western Front Association : Guest Book and Discussion Room
		The Battle of Verdun, one of the longest in history, was fought some 60 miles to the west between February and December 1916.
		I am tryng to find out if a Red Sash was given to British Soldiers for Bravery or Honour in a battle (1940's)that killed thousands but roughly 7 lived My grandad told me he was in that battle and he got a Red Sash but he didnt give any other information.
		Remembering all those who took part in the Battle of Arras and in particular Private William Sharp 35985 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire who was killed in action near Guemappe 90 years ago today.
	www.westernfrontassociation.com /guestbook (3884 words)

	Battle of Zorndorf
		The events of the Franco-Prussian War were particularly appealing to the young artist and he produced many scenes of victorious Prussians in battle such as an Episode in the Battle of Wissembourg and the Capture of the Chateau at Gaisberg.
		Many of his pictures were used to illustrate regimental histories of the various Prussian units involved in the 1870 war.
		Frederick The Great had technically won this battle as it stopped any further assaults on Brandenburg.
	www.military-art.com /dhm489.htm (635 words)

	488th Latest News
		Extending about 150 miles from Sedan in the west to beyond Wissembourg in the east, the Line bristled with some 50 large fortifications, each within cannon range of another.
		Buried 100 feet and more under hills and ridges, the impregnable complexes were manned by up to 1,000 troops who were transported between their elaborate barracks and heavily armed combat bunkers by trolleys.
		While doing a story on the battle fields of Verdun, France back in the 50's I found a WW I German hand grenade.
	www.488thengineers.org /488news.htm (1698 words)

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