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| 1870 | MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de |  |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Forced to surrender |
| 1870 | Napoleon III | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Defeated by the Germans |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Joins the Army but is capture in battle & held as a prisoner near Kassel in Germany |
| 2nd Sep Donchery Surrenders to Bismarck at Donchery, later held at Wihelmshohe near Cassel |
| 1870 | Thiers, Louis Adolphie | |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Defeat at the Battle of Sedan is followed by the establishment of the third Republic |
| 1870 | Wimpffen, Felix de | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Forced to surrender to the Germans who move on to take Paris |
| 1st Sep Sedan The French lose 17,000 plus 104,000 taken prisoner |
| 1st Sep Sedan The French who lose 17,000 & 104,000 taken prisoner |
| 1st Sep Sedan Wimpfen surrenders to the Germans who then take Paris |
| 1871 | Ducrot, Auguste | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Faces a German force of 200,000 under Moltke |
| 1st Sep Sedan The French retreat into the fortress of Sedan where they are are bombarded |
