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The Battle of Gravelotte, or Gravelotte–St. Privat (18 August), was the largest battle during the Franco-Prussian War. It was fought about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Metz, where on the previous day, having intercepted the French army's retreat to the west at the Battle of Mars-La-Tour, the Prussians were now closing in to complete the destruction of the French forces. The combined German forces, under Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, were the Prussian First and Second Armies of the North German Confederation numbering about 210 infantry battalions, 133 cavalry squadrons, and 732 heavy cannons totaling 188,332 officers and men. The French Army of the Rhine, commanded by Marshal François-Achille Bazaine, numbering about 183 infantry battalions, 104 cavalry squadrons, backed by 520 heavy cannons, totaling 112,800 officers and men, dug in along high ground with their southern left flank at the town of Rozerieulles, and their northern right flank at St. Privat.

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Q: On which date was the Battle of Gravelotte?
A: 18 August', '
Q: Which battle was considered the biggest in the war?
A: The Battle of Gravelotte', '
Q: Where was the location of the Battle of Gravelotte? 
A: 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Metz', '
Q: Under which Field Marshall were the combined German forces commanded?
A: Count Helmuth von Moltke', '
Q: Who commanded the French Army of the Rhine?
A: Marshal François-Achille Bazaine']
With the defeat of Marshal Bazaine's Army of the Rhine at Gravelotte, the French were forced to retire to Metz, where they were besieged by over 150,000 Prussian troops of the First and Second Armies. Napoleon III and MacMahon formed the new French Army of Châlons, to march on to Metz to rescue Bazaine. Napoleon III personally led the army with Marshal MacMahon in attendance. The Army of Châlons marched northeast towards the Belgian border to avoid the Prussians before striking south to link up with Bazaine. The Prussians, under the command of Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, took advantage of this maneuver to catch the French in a pincer grip. He left the Prussian First and Second Armies besieging Metz, except three corps detached to form the Army of the Meuse under the Crown Prince of Saxony. With this army and the Prussian Third Army, Moltke marched northward and caught up with the French at Beaumont on 30 August. After a sharp fight in which they lost 5,000 men and 40 cannons, the French withdrew toward Sedan. Having reformed in the town, the Army of Châlons was immediately isolated by the converging Prussian armies. Napoleon III ordered the army to break out of the encirclement immediately. With MacMahon wounded on the previous day, General Auguste Ducrot took command of the French troops in the field.

Questions and answers:
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Q: What factor forced the French to retreat to Metz?
A: the defeat of Marshal Bazaine's Army", '
Q: At Metz, what was the approximate number of Prussian troops?
A: over 150,000', '
Q: Who formed the new French Army of Chalons?
A: Napoleon III and MacMahon', '
Q: Along with the Army of the Meuse, what other army did Moltke march north with?
A: the Prussian Third Army', '
Q: How many casualties did Moltke suffer at Beaumont?
A: 5,000 men']
When the war had begun, European public opinion heavily favored the Germans; many Italians attempted to sign up as volunteers at the Prussian embassy in Florence and a Prussian diplomat visited Giuseppe Garibaldi in Caprera. Bismarck's demand for the return of Alsace caused a dramatic shift in that sentiment in Italy, which was best exemplified by the reaction of Garibaldi soon after the revolution in Paris, who told the Movimento of Genoa on 7 September 1870 that "Yesterday I said to you: war to the death to Bonaparte. Today I say to you: rescue the French Republic by every means." Garibaldi went to France and assumed command of the Army of the Vosges, with which he operated around Dijon till the end of the war.

Questions and answers:
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Q: At the start of the war, which country did European public opinion champion?
A: the Germans', '
Q: In which city did many Italians attempt to proffer their services to the Prussian embassy?
A: Florence', "
Q: What caused a dramatic shift in Italian sentiment toward the war?
A: Bismarck's demand for the return of Alsace", '
Q: To whom is the quote, "Rescue the French Republic by every means" attributed?
A: Garibaldi', '
Q: What army did Garibaldi gain command of in France?
A: the Army of the Vosges']
On 10 October, hostilities began between German and French republican forces near Orléans. At first, the Germans were victorious but the French drew reinforcements and defeated the Germans at the Battle of Coulmiers on 9 November. After the surrender of Metz, more than 100,000 well-trained and experienced German troops joined the German 'Southern Army'. The French were forced to abandon Orléans on 4 December, and were finally defeated at the Battle of Le Mans (10–12 January). A second French army which operated north of Paris was turned back at the Battle of Amiens (27 November), the Battle of Bapaume (3 January 1871) and the Battle of St. Quentin (13 January).

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Q: On which date did hostilities between the German and French troops begin near Orleans?
A: 10 October', '
Q: Which side was initially successful at the Battle of Coulmiers?
A: the Germans', '
Q: On which date did the French triump over the Germans at the Battle of Coulmiers?
A: 9 November', '
Q: On which date were the French forced to abandon Orleans?
A: 4 December', '
Q: Of the three battles that occured north of Paris, which was the first that forced the French army to retreat?
A: Battle of Amiens']
Although public opinion in Paris was strongly against any form of surrender or concession to the Prussians, the Government realised that it could not hold the city for much longer, and that Gambetta's provincial armies would probably never break through to relieve Paris. President Trochu resigned on 25 January and was replaced by Favre, who signed the surrender two days later at Versailles, with the armistice coming into effect at midnight. Several sources claim that in his carriage on the way back to Paris, Favre broke into tears, and collapsed into his daughter's arms as the guns around Paris fell silent at midnight. At Tours, Gambetta received word from Paris on 30 January that the Government had surrendered. Furious, he refused to surrender and launched an immediate attack on German forces at Orleans which, predictably, failed. A delegation of Parisian diplomats arrived in Tours by train on 5 February to negotiate with Gambetta, and the following day Gambetta stepped down and surrendered control of the provincial armies to the Government of National Defence, which promptly ordered a cease-fire across France.

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Q: What was public opinion in Paris strongly opposed to?
A: any form of surrender', '
Q: On what date did president Trochu resign?
A: 25 January', '
Q: Who replaced President Trochu?
A: Favre', '
Q: In which French city was the surrender made official?
A: Versailles', '
Q: Who disregarded the surrender and launched a failed attack on the Germans?
A: Gambetta']
The quick German victory over the French stunned neutral observers, many of whom had expected a French victory and most of whom had expected a long war. The strategic advantages possessed by the Germans were not appreciated outside Germany until after hostilities had ceased. Other countries quickly discerned the advantages given to the Germans by their military system, and adopted many of their innovations, particularly the General Staff, universal conscription and highly detailed mobilization systems.

Questions and answers:
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Q: What stunned neutral observers about the end of the war?
A: The quick German victory', '
Q: What outcome had most people expected from the war?
A: French victory', '
Q: Whose strategic advantages were not appreciated until after the war over?
A: the Germans', '
Q: What German advantages were discerned by other countries in the aftermath? 
A: their military system', '
Q: What is at least one German innovation that other countries would later adopt in other wars?
A: highly detailed mobilization systems']
The effect of these differences was accentuated by the pre-war preparations. The Prussian General Staff had drawn up minutely detailed mobilization plans using the railway system, which in turn had been partly laid out in response to recommendations of a Railway Section within the General Staff. The French railway system, with multiple competing companies, had developed purely from commercial pressures and many journeys to the front in Alsace and Lorraine involved long diversions and frequent changes between trains. Furthermore, no system had been put in place for military control of the railways, and officers simply commandeered trains as they saw fit. Rail sidings and marshalling yards became choked with loaded wagons, with nobody responsible for unloading them or directing them to the destination.

Questions and answers:
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Q: The effect of German victory and ensuing influence stems back to what factor?
A: pre-war preparations', '
Q: What was the Prussian General staff quick to utilize at the onset of the war?
A: detailed mobilization plans using the railway system', '
Q: What was one factor behind the inefficiency of the French railway system?
A: multiple competing companies', '
Q: What factor especially affected travel to the front in Alsace and Lorraine?
A: frequent changes between trains', '
Q: Who was responsible for dealing with chaotic train yards and unloaded wagons?
A: nobody']
At the Battle of Mars-la-Tours, the Prussian 12th Cavalry Brigade, commanded by General Adalbert von Bredow, conducted a charge against a French artillery battery. The attack was a costly success and came to be known as "von Bredow's Death Ride", which was held to prove that cavalry charges could still prevail on the battlefield. Use of traditional cavalry on the battlefields of 1914 proved to be disastrous, due to accurate, long-range rifle fire, machine-guns and artillery. Von Bredow's attack had succeeded only because of an unusually effective artillery bombardment just before the charge, along with favorable terrain that masked his approach.

Questions and answers:
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Q: Who commanded the Prussian 12 Cavalry Brigade?
A: General Adalbert von Bredow', '
Q: What did General von Bredow lead a charge against at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour?
A: a French artillery battery', "
Q: What did von Bredow's Pyrrhic victory become known as?
A: von Bredow's Death Ride", '
Q: What military tactic proved to be unsuccessful on the 1914 battlefields?
A: Use of traditional cavalry', "
Q: What was one of two factors that led von Bredow's narrow success on the battlefield?
A: favorable terrain that masked his approach"]
In the Prussian province of Posen, with a large Polish population, there was strong support for the French and angry demonstrations at news of Prussian-German victories—a clear manifestation of Polish nationalist feeling. Calls were also made for Polish recruits to desert from the Prussian Army—though these went mainly unheeded. An alarming report on the Posen situation, sent to Bismarck on 16 August 1870, led to the quartering of reserve troop contingents in the restive province. The Franco-Prussian War thus turned out to be a significant event also in German–Polish relations, marking the beginning of a prolonged period of repressive measures by the authorities and efforts at Germanisation.

Questions and answers:
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Q: In which Prussian province did a large Polish population reside?
A: Posen', '
Q: What was there strong support of in Posen?
A: the French', '
Q: What calls were made for the Polish recruits?
A: to desert from the Prussian Army', '
Q: On what date did Bismarkck receive the disturbing report on the Posen situation?
A: 16 August 1870', '
Q: What significant consequence was a result of German-Polish relations?
A: prolonged period of repressive measures']
The causes of the Franco-Prussian War are deeply rooted in the events surrounding the unification of Germany. In the aftermath of the Austro–Prussian War of 1866, Prussia had annexed numerous territories and formed the North German Confederation. This new power destabilized the European balance of power established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon III, then the emperor of France, demanded compensations in Belgium and on the left bank of the Rhine to secure France's strategic position, which the Prussian chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, flatly refused. Prussia then turned its attention towards the south of Germany, where it sought to incorporate the southern German kingdoms, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt, into a unified Prussia-dominated Germany. France was strongly opposed to any further alliance of German states, which would have significantly strengthened the Prussian military.

Questions and answers:
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Q: What are the causes of the Franco-Prussian War deeply rooted in?
A: the unification of Germany', '
Q: In the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian war, formed what group?
A: North German Confederation', '
Q: What was the effect of that new group on the European balance of power?
A: new power destabilized', '
Q: What established the European balance of power in 1815?
A: the Congress of Vienna', '
Q: As Prussia sought to incorporated several German kingdoms, what stance did France assume?
A: strongly opposed to any further alliance of German states']
The French Army consisted in peacetime of approximately 400,000 soldiers, some of them regulars, others conscripts who until 1869 served the comparatively long period of seven years with the colours. Some of them were veterans of previous French campaigns in the Crimean War, Algeria, the Franco-Austrian War in Italy, and in the Franco-Mexican War. However, following the "Seven Weeks War" between Prussia and Austria four years earlier, it had been calculated that the French Army could field only 288,000 men to face the Prussian Army when perhaps 1,000,000 would be required. Under Marshal Adolphe Niel, urgent reforms were made. Universal conscription (rather than by ballot, as previously) and a shorter period of service gave increased numbers of reservists, who would swell the army to a planned strength of 800,000 on mobilisation. Those who for any reason were not conscripted were to be enrolled in the Garde Mobile, a militia with a nominal strength of 400,000. However, the Franco-Prussian War broke out before these reforms could be completely implemented. The mobilisation of reservists was chaotic and resulted in large numbers of stragglers, while the Garde Mobile were generally untrained and often mutinous.

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Q: In peacetime, what the approximate number of French soldiers?
A: 400,000', '
Q: Veterans of the French Army had prviously fought in which war in Italy?
A: the Franco-Austrian War', '
Q: The "Seven Weeks War" was between which two countries?
A: Prussia and Austria', '
Q: Who reformed the low numbers of troops by implementing universal conscription?
A: Marshal Adolphe Niel', '
Q: If a citizen was for some reason not conscripted, in what militia were they were registered?
A: the Garde Mobile']
The Prussian army was controlled by the General Staff, under Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke. The Prussian army was unique in Europe for having the only such organisation in existence, whose purpose in peacetime was to prepare the overall war strategy, and in wartime to direct operational movement and organise logistics and communications. The officers of the General Staff were hand-picked from the Prussian Kriegsakademie (War Academy). Moltke embraced new technology, particularly the railroad and telegraph, to coordinate and accelerate mobilisation of large forces.

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Q: What entity controlled the Prussian army?
A: the General Staff', '
Q: Who commanded the General Staff?
A: Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke', '
Q: What was the unique purpose of the Prussian Army during peacetime?
A: to prepare the overall war strategy', '
Q: The officers of the General Staff were hand-selected from which place?
A: Prussian Kriegsakademie (War Academy)', '
Q: What new technologies in particular were courted by Moltke?
A: the railroad and telegraph']
General Frossard's II Corps and Marshal Bazaine's III Corps crossed the German border on 2 August, and began to force the Prussian 40th Regiment of the 16th Infantry Division from the town of Saarbrücken with a series of direct attacks. The Chassepot rifle proved its worth against the Dreyse rifle, with French riflemen regularly outdistancing their Prussian counterparts in the skirmishing around Saarbrücken. However the Prussians resisted strongly, and the French suffered 86 casualties to the Prussian 83 casualties. Saarbrücken also proved to be a major obstacle in terms of logistics. Only one railway there led to the German hinterland but could be easily defended by a single force, and the only river systems in the region ran along the border instead of inland. While the French hailed the invasion as the first step towards the Rhineland and later Berlin, General Le Bœuf and Napoleon III were receiving alarming reports from foreign news sources of Prussian and Bavarian armies massing to the southeast in addition to the forces to the north and northeast.

Questions and answers:
["
Q: On which date did Frossard's and Bazaines's troops cross the German border?
A: 2 August", '
Q: What proved its worth against the Dreyse rifle?
A: The Chassepot rifle', '
Q: Which regiment did their respective corps force from the town of Saarbrucken?
A: the Prussian 40th Regiment of the 16th Infantry Division', '
Q: How many casualties did the French suffer at Saarbrucken?
A: 86 casualties', '
Q: How many casualties did the Prussians suffer at Saarbrucken?
A: 83 casualties']
According to some historians, Bismarck adroitly created a diplomatic crisis over the succession to the Spanish throne, then edited a dispatch about a meeting between King William of Prussia and the French ambassador, to make it appear that the French had been insulted. The French press and parliament demanded a war, which the generals of Napoleon III assured him that France would win. Napoleon and his Prime Minister, Émile Ollivier, for their parts sought war to solve their problems with political disunity in France. On 16 July 1870, the French parliament voted to declare war on the German Kingdom of Prussia and hostilities began three days later. The German coalition mobilised its troops much more quickly than the French and rapidly invaded northeastern France. The German forces were superior in numbers, had better training and leadership and made more effective use of modern technology, particularly railroads and artillery.

Questions and answers:
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Q: A dispatch was edited about a meeting between the French ambassador and what Prussian king?
A: King William', '
Q: What was the purpose of editing the dispatch?
A: to make it appear that the French had been insulted', '
Q: On which date did the French parliament vote to declare war on Prussia?
A: 16 July 1870', '
Q: What diplomatic crisis was Bismarck credited with skillfully creating? 
A: succession to the Spanish throne', '
Q: Where did the quickly mobilised troops first invade in France?
A: northeastern France']
The fighting within the town had become extremely intense, becoming a door to door battle of survival. Despite a never-ending attack of Prussian infantry, the soldiers of the 2nd Division kept to their positions. The people of the town of Wissembourg finally surrendered to the Germans. The French troops who did not surrender retreated westward, leaving behind 1,000 dead and wounded and another 1,000 prisoners and all of their remaining ammunition. The final attack by the Prussian troops also cost c. 1,000 casualties. The German cavalry then failed to pursue the French and lost touch with them. The attackers had an initial superiority of numbers, a broad deployment which made envelopment highly likely but the effectiveness of French Chassepot rifle-fire inflicted costly repulses on infantry attacks, until the French infantry had been extensively bombarded by the Prussian artillery.

Questions and answers:
["
Q: Which town's people surrendered to the Germans?
A: Wissembourg", '
Q: In which direction did the French troops who did not surrender head?
A: westward', '
Q: How many dead troops leave behind?
A: 1,000 dead', '
Q: How many prisoners did the French leave behind?
A: 1,000 prisoners', '
Q: What weapon once again increased the effectiveness of the infantry attacks?
A: French Chassepot']
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War (German: Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, lit. German-French War, French: Guerre franco-allemande, lit. Franco-German War), often referred to in France as the War of 1870 (19 July 1870 – 10 May 1871), was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. The conflict was caused by Prussian ambitions to extend German unification. Some historians argue that the Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck planned to provoke a French attack in order to draw the southern German states—Baden, Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse-Darmstadt—into an alliance with the North German Confederation dominated by Prussia, while others contend that Bismarck did not plan anything and merely exploited the circumstances as they unfolded.

Questions and answers:
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Q: What is the Franco-Prussian War also known as?
A: Franco-German War', '
Q: What was the war often referred to in France as?
A: the War of 1870', '
Q: In the conflict, who lead the German states of the North German Confederation?
A: the Kingdom of Prussia', '
Q: Whose ambitions are credited with causing the conflict?
A: Prussian ambitions', "
Q: Which Prussian chancellor's motives in the conflict are still disputed?
A: Otto von Bismarck"]
The immediate cause of the war resided in the candidacy of a Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, a Prussian prince, to the throne of Spain. France feared encirclement by an alliance between Prussia and Spain. The Hohenzollern prince's candidacy was withdrawn under French diplomatic pressure, but Otto von Bismarck goaded the French into declaring war by altering a telegram sent by William I. Releasing the Ems Dispatch to the public, Bismarck made it sound as if the king had treated the French envoy in a demeaning fashion, which inflamed public opinion in France.

Questions and answers:
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Q: In whose cadidacy did the immediate cause of war reside?
A: Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen', '
Q: What did France fear by an alliance between Prussia and Spain?
A: encirclement', '
Q: Who goaded the French into war by editing a telegram sent by William I?
A: Otto von Bismarck', '
Q: What was the name of the famous telelgram?
A: Ems Dispatch', '
Q: What was the reaction of the French people to the deceptively crafted offense in the Ems Dispatch?
A: inflamed public opinion']