Battle of Reichshoffen

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Reichshoffen, more commonly known as the Battle of Wörth, was a major early engagement of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 in which Prussian and German forces decisively defeated the French army under Marshal MacMahon.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Schlacht bei Reichshoffen	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Wörth NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrice de MacMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Grand Duchy of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ North German Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
cause	German invasion of France in 1870 ⓘ
combatantSide	French Empire vs. German coalition ⓘ
commander	Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ General Leonhard von Blumenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrice de MacMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAtTime	Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	6 August 1870 ⓘ
era	Franco-Prussian War era NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Sedan NERFINISHED ⓘ
FrenchCasualties	significantly higher than German casualties ⓘ
FrenchCommander	Patrice de MacMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ
FrenchForces	French I Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
GermanCommander	Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonhard von Blumenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
GermanForces	Bavarian corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Army of the North German Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
involvedUnit	French cuirassiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Prussian infantry ⓘ
location	near Reichshoffen, Alsace ⓘ near Wörth, Alsace ⓘ
notableFor	French cavalry charges ⓘ early major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ effective use of German artillery ⓘ heavy French casualties ⓘ
outcome	French I Corps forced to retreat ⓘ opened the way for German advance into northeastern France ⓘ
partOf	Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Spicheren NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayCountry	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Alsace NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	German victory ⓘ decisive Prussian and German victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance	contributed to collapse of French frontier defenses ⓘ helped secure German operational initiative early in the war ⓘ
theatre	Western Front of the Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	set-piece battle ⓘ
year	1870 ⓘ

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Battle of Wörth → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Reichshoffen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schlacht bei Reichshoffen