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Sedan, Battle of

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Sedan, Battle of (1 September 1870) A battle fought on the River Meuse, near the Belgian frontier, between French and Prussian forces during the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. The Prussians, discovering that MACMAHON's army had set out to relieve Metz, diverted two armies marching on Paris and encircled the army of NAPOLEON III at Sedan. The French, under heavy shellfire, surrendered unconditionally. Napoleon III was taken prisoner, together with a large army. In World War II the Germans breached the MAGINOT LINE when they crossed the River Meuse at Sedan (1940).

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Sedan, Battle of

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Sedan, Battle of a battle fought in 1870 near the town of Sedan in NE France, in which the Prussian army defeated a smaller French army under Napoleon III, opening the way for a Prussian advance on Paris and marking the end of the French Second Empire.

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