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GRAVELOTTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 383 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRAVELOTTE , a See also:

village of See also:Lorraine between See also:Metz and the See also:French frontier, famous as the See also:scene of the See also:battle of the 18th of See also:August 187o between the Germans under See also:King See also:William of See also:Prussia and the French under See also:Marshal See also:Bazaine (see METZ and FRANCO-See also:GERMAN See also:WAR). The battlefield extends from the See also:woods which border. the Moselle above Metz to Roncourt, near the See also:river See also:Orne. Other villages which played an important See also:part in the battle of Gravelotte were See also:Saint Privat, Amanweiler or Amanvillers and Sainte-See also:Marie-aux-Chenes, all lying to the N. of Gravelotte.

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