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Chapter 4. Franco - Prussian War

Three battlefields near the French frontier city of Metz at Spicheren, Mars-la-Tour, and Gravelotte are toured where the Prussian Army led by General Helmuth von Moltke defeated French forces of Marshal Achille Bazaine. The battle of Sedan is also toured describing the ultimate humiliation of French Emperor Napoleon III at the hands of Moltke and Otto von Bismarck.

#9 Battle of Spicheren -- 6 August 1870
#10 Battle of Mars-la-Tour (Battle of Vionville) -- 16 August 1870
#11 Battle of Gravelotte -- St-Privat - 18 August 1870
#12 Battle of Sedan -- 1 September 1870