Against The Odds #24 Deathride Mars-La-Tour 1870 (New)
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Against The Odds #24 Deathride Mars-La-Tour 1870. New Store Stock. Never Removed From The Box.The Franco-Prussian War started from a number of causes, ranging from Prussian objections to the French buying Luxembourg, to a dispute about a vacant Spanish throne... sounds like the "good old days" for European wars, doesn't it? Except, with breech-loading rifles and artillery all around, and the first "machine guns" in mass operation, this war had a very modern feel about it...but still vestiges of the old ways, especially at Mars-la-Tour, w both sides made powerful, desperate, and bloodily successful cavalry charges...."Deathrides" to the men within them. Mars-la-Tour may be unfamiliar to some readers. Basically, the main French Army was on its way "someplace else" when it bumped into a smaller German force that promptly launched a series of attacks, aiming (successfully) to delay the movement. The situation has some parallels to Antietam, except t was no "Lost Dispatch" telling one side the strength and disposition of the enemy. While at times the French outnumbered the Germans by as much as 5-1, they actually believed themselves significantly outnumbered! Mars-la-Tour led directly to the Battle of Gravelotte (just 2 days later) and then to the siege of Metz. A French victory at Mars-la-Tour would have changed the entire complexion
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