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ACTUAL CONCENTRATIONS AND ADVANCE OF THE 4 .
GERMANS PRIOR TO THE BATTLES OF WORTH =
AND SPICHERN. FRENCH POSITIONS
ON THE EVENING OF 5 AUGUST.

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SITUATION ON THE EVENING OF 15 AUGUST, AND
MOVEMENTS ON 16 AUGUST’



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6 August, 1870, Map 70.



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SITUATION OF THE THIRD ARMY ON THE EVENING

OF 5 AUGUST. MacMAHON’S POSSIBLE EN-
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MOVEMENTS OF THE THIRD ARMY AND OF MacMA-
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AUGUST TO THE EVENING OF 5 AU-

GUST.

Fischbach

Situation,evening 3 Aug.
—-- Marches on 4 Aug.

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Marches on 5 Aug.

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SITUATION AT NOON, 15 AUGUST. PROBABLE AD-
VANCE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND ARMIES ON
THE AFTERNOON OF 15 AUGUST AND ON 16

AUGUST, IN CASE MOLKE’S PURPOSE TO AD-
VANCE NORTH OF METZ WITH THE FIRST

ARMY SHOULD BE EFFECTED.

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of the 1Corps andthe 6th. in
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MacMAHON’S SITUATION ON THE EVENING OF 5 AU-
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SITUATION OF THE PRU
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BATTLE OF WORTH,
6 August, 1870.

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French support line movements
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Corresponding German move-
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SITUATION ON THE EVENING OF 14 AUGUST.

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BATTLE OF COLOMBEY-NOUILLY. poe
14 August, 1870.

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SITUATION ON THE EVENING OF 12 AUGUST. PLAN

FOR THE FURTHER ADVANCE TO THE MOSELLE seowr’

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