Siege of Metz information

Siege of Metz may refer to: War of Metz, 1324 Siege of Metz (1552), by the Holy Roman Empire during the Italian War of 1551–59 Siege of Metz (1814), by...

III, was attempting to lift the siege of Metz, only to be caught by the Prussian Fourth Army and defeated at the Battle of Beaumont on 30 August. Commanded...

Metz, the capital and the prefecture of the Moselle department in France, has a recorded history dating back over 2,000 years. During this time, it was...

Metz (/ˈmɛts/ METS, French: [mɛs] , Latin: Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle...

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The fortifications of Metz, a city in northeastern France, are extensive, due to the city's strategic position near the border of France and Germany. After...

fighting for the rest of the war. Following a loss at the Battle of Gravelotte, the French Army of the Rhine retreated to the defenses of Metz. Given their fortified...

defense of Metz during the siege of 1552-1553. The journal of the siege of Metz in 1552 reports: "Although born in Laval in the province of Maine, he...

Battle of Rapallo 17 October 1494: skirmishes near Sant'Agata sul Santerno 19–21 October 1494: Siege of Mordano [it] 26–29 October 1494: Siege of Fivizzano...

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...

months at the siege of Metz and the siege of Paris, due to the greatly increased firepower of the defending infantry, and the principle of detached or semi-detached...

practice continued into the age of industrial warfare. After the Siege of Metz (1870), the Prussians offered honours of war to the capitulating French...

the Siege of Metz, in 1324, cannons were used, perhaps for the first time in Western Europe. Following a series of quarrels with the city of Metz and...

French in order to reconquer the occupied dioceses culminating in the Siege of Metz from 19 October 1552 to 2 January 1553. The expedition ultimately failed...

of the war party in pushing for a resumption of the Italian Wars, he fought at the famous siege of Metz and soon thereafter succeeded in restoring control...

it took part in hostilities for the first time at the Siege of Kaiserswerth. After the death of his father, King Frederick William I joined the coalition...

Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 he distinguished himself at the battles of Spicheren, Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte. He was taken prisoner at the Siege of Metz. In the...