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throughout the day from Mont St. Michel. At 0530 on 23 September, 11 siege batteries with 62 guns and howitzers opened fire, while
Frederick Francis watched the proceeding from the Côte Barine. The German firepower burned down French barracks' and magazines near the fortifications. After an initially lackluster response, the French artillery and infantry set on fire the suburbs of St. Evre and St. Mansuy, but otherwise accomplished little.
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the north side of the fortress under long-range rifle fire. The
Germans found the northern glacis unfavorable to an assault and began to search for an eastern passage. After a gaining a position on the eastern side, they opened fire on the garrison. At 1300, the 93rd Regiment's fusilier battalion advanced in skirmishing order against the northern face and reached the main ditch, opening fire on the garrison deployed at the north gate
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Justice would make a breach on the masonry to the right of bastion no. 4. German pioneers erected a bridge over the river at Pierre la
Treiche on 20 September, while a detachment of Bavarian engineers destroyed a canal lock near the suburb of St. Mansuy. A German attempt to drain the ditch of the fortress by diverting the Vauban canal's water to the Moselle succeeded only partially.
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to be abandoned. The
Germans retreated in small groups to minimize casualties, though the French artillery fired on them with effect. The 2nd Battalion in the west did not get the order until 1900, having maintained a fire up until that moment and suffering serious casualties. It then withdrew north
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over the cathedral. Major Huck sent a letter to the
Germans, declaring his readiness to surrender the fort. The garrison was taken prisoner of war and sent to a bivouac on the Choloy road and the German 3rd Battalion, 90th Regiment and two rifle companies occupied the town in the evening. The Grand
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Bartsch, commander of the siege artillery, and Major Schumann, the senior engineer officer, planned the direction of the attack. Twelve siege batteries would be used and trenches dug, if necessary. The siege batteries on Mont St. Michel would fire on bastions no. 3 and 4, while fire from La
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At 1245, Zychlinski led the infantry column on an assault at the fortress. The 3rd pioneer company led the attack to reconnoiter the ditches. Skirmishers would follow and surround the fort, the ditch would be passed and an entrance gained through the north gate of the fortress. The pioneers reached
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as garrison. IV Corps' advance guard, consisting of the reinforced 14th
Infantry Brigade, which included the 27th and 93rd Infantry Regiments, the 7th Dragoons, the 1st heavy and 2nd light batteries, two pioneer companies and the light bridge train and which was commanded by General von Zychlinski,
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The weather and unfavorable ground delayed the German preparations but by the night of 9–10 September they had deployed three artillery batteries on the Côte Barine slope with German infantry providing cover from the nearby railway embankment. After informing Major Huck of their intent, the German
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The two heavy batteries advanced on the fort and opened fire at the ramparts at 1,500 meters, the first battery from the east and the second from Mont St. Michel to the north. Two guns from the light battery augmented the St. Michel position, with the remaining four guns of the battery in reserve.
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near Toul. A melee commenced and the French were driven into the suburbs. They received no fire support from the fortress. Trotha took this as evidence of a weak garrison and sent an officer to the fortress, demanding its surrender. The French commandant, Major Huck, simply told the
Germans to go
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destroyed by the German bombardment but overall damage to the town was minimal. French material losses were enormous, with 71 fortress guns, 30,000 stands of arms, 2,800 sabres, 224,000 lb (102 t) of gunpowder, 143,000 rations of food and 50,000 rations of corn captured by the
Germans.
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Prussian siege artillery, with the help of five infantry companies, constructed emplacements for its pieces on the evening of 22 September. To cover the preparations, a rifle company occupied St. Evre on the night of 21–22 September and heavy guns and three field batteries bombarded the town
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on 17 and 18 September at St. Robert. Carriages transported the guns to the artillery parks on the Choloy plateau and on the Côte Marine, while their emplacements were being constructed by infantry from Ecrouves. Simultaneously, 42 field guns pounded the fortress on 18 September to distract the
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tower. The 5th and 6th heavy batteries of the 17th Infantry Division were deployed into pre-prepared positions on Mont St. Michel on 16 September to subdue the French fortress artillery, which had maintained its own fire. Three companies of Prussian heavy artillery with 26 heavy guns and their
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An attempt to seize the fortress on 16 August failed with heavy losses for the Germans. After a blockade of 37 days, the German siege artillery opened fire with 62 guns and howitzers at 0530 on 23 September and the fortress surrendered at 1530. The Germans captured 2,349 French soldiers and 71
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Another demand for surrender came on 15 August, this time from Captain von Rosen of the 2nd squadron, 3rd Lancers of the Guard, whose men had advanced on the fortress under fire, though they suffered no losses. The commandant turned down the demand as before, and the Germans returned to
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from the north. French fire could not stop the German outpost groups, which suffered only 13 casualties. A reconnaissance on 12 September convinced Frederick Francis to begin bombarding the fortress to submission from the south-west. He went off on 13 September to meet King
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with the 17th Infantry Division, the 17th Cavalry Brigade, three batteries from the 2nd Landwehr Division. The German formations arrived near Toul on 12 and 13 September. The previously engaged German siege forces were redeployed to cover the German supply lines at
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Dismounted dragoons and 2nd Battalion, 93rd Regiment escorted the batteries. The bombardment was ineffective and the French replied with six guns well-concealed by trees. Alvensleben arrived in person and ordered the town to bombardment to induce a surrender.
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heights to the east, the Choloy plateau to the south-west and the absence of bomb-proof cover rendered the fortification vulnerable to artillery bombardment and the hills and villages nearby made it easy for hostile infantry to advance to its ramparts.
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bands harassed the lines of communications of the German siege forces surrounding Paris. The French garrison at Toul was so weak that the Germans could send the 33rd Infantry Brigade, the 11th Lancers and three batteries to
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with few losses, as the French passively contented themselves with staying in the fort and launched no sorties. On arriving at his headquarters, Alvensleben received an order from Second Army commander to attempt a
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batteries opened fire at 0700 but only burned some houses in the town and received heavy French counter-battery fire. The French artillery continued firing on 11 September and the newly-arrived German commander,
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on Toul but decided that a second assault would be pointless and would tie down his troops in an extended siege and reported his thoughts to Second Army headquarters. IV Corps continued its march to the west.
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back and the French began shooting at the Germans from the houses and gardens nearby. The German cavalry broke their way out and destroyed the sluices controlling the water in the ditches.
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bring down the drawbridge. The powder-smoke and large number of trees made aiming impossible and the attempt was discontinued. Between 1500 and 1600, Alvensleben ordered the
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on 28 September. The Germans expended 5,034 artillery shells, shrapnel and bombs during the siege on 16 and 23 August and from 10 to 23 September.
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received Alvensleben's order and deployed at Francheville at 1100, where the 2nd heavy battery had also been concentrated.
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in Toul for the dead of the 1870 conflict. French monument, designed by
1532:. Translated by F.C.H Clarke (2nd ed.). London: Clowes & Sons.
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Duke entered the next morning at the head of the troops.
1550:. Translated by F.C.H Clarke. London: Clowes & Sons.
1541:. Translated by F.C.H Clarke. London: Clowes & Sons.
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188:Frederick Francis II
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261:8 civilians killed
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696:St. Quentin
674:Villersexel
604:Chateauneuf
454:Nompatelize
410:Noisseville
346:Lichtenberg
326:Wissembourg
321:Saarbrücken
238:169 wounded
144:Württemberg
1591:Categories
1561:48°40′30″N
1522:References
1028:Casualties
1001:white flag
926:St. Dizier
769:Background
706:Pontarlier
549:Thionville
509:Le Bourget
484:Châteaudun
382:Gravelotte
366:Strasbourg
351:Phalsbourg
255:88 wounded
248:2,375 men
203:Major Huck
1564:5°53′30″E
1041:Citations
1008:Aftermath
946:Wilhelm I
760:besieging
614:Beaugency
589:Villepion
529:Coulmiers
469:Châtillon
415:Bazeilles
331:Spicheren
252:26 killed
244:15 horses
241:9 missing
218:2,375 men
1014:Soissons
845:IV Corps
799:outworks
795:bastions
789:and the
744:Bavarian
740:Prussian
619:Fréteval
584:Villiers
559:Mézières
489:Sélestat
459:Bellevue
449:Chevilly
432:Soissons
427:Montmédy
405:Beaumont
231:232 men
208:Strength
71:, France
64:Location
985:Châlons
978:French
934:Langres
882:ravelin
871:Map of
810:Prelude
797:, some
791:Moselle
779:besiege
686:Lisaine
680:Le Mans
664:Bapaume
659:Péronne
639:Epuisay
634:Longeau
624:Vendôme
599:Orléans
524:La Fère
519:Belfort
464:Artenay
395:Buzancy
131:Bavaria
117:Prussia
1018:Verdun
941:glacis
909:Marsal
691:Longwy
669:Rocroi
654:Hallue
629:Pesmes
579:Varize
569:Amiens
534:Havana
474:Verdun
444:Sceaux
400:Nouart
356:Marsal
341:Bitche
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930:Ochey
902:Siege
775:Paris
763:Paris
649:Tours
609:Buchy
554:Ladon
539:Dreux
514:Dijon
499:Ognon
438:Paris
421:Sedan
336:Wörth
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783:Toul
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504:Gray
389:Metz
371:Toul
69:Toul
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