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    The Armée de l'Est (Army of the East; German - Ostarmee; also Second Loire Army; nicknamed the 'Bourbaki army' after its first commander General Charles...
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    circular panoramic painting depicting the internment of the French Armée de l'Est in neutral Switzerland at the end of the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War...
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    Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, and in 1836 joined the Zouaves (light infantry), becoming lieutenant of the Foreign Legion in 1838 and aide-de-camp to King...
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    Battle of Villersexel (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    January 1871 as part of the Franco-Prussian War. Elements of the French Armée de l'Est under General Bourbaki engaged August von Werder's German forces. It...
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    and fought in the Franco-Prussian War. Schiess later served in the Armée de l'Est and thus was interned in his home country when it surrendered there...
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    however, Charles-Denis Bourbaki suffered a major defeat in which the Armée de l'Est, under his command, retreated across the Swiss border and was disarmed...
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  • and to dismiss general d'Aurelle de Paladines. One part, regrouping 15th, 18th and 20th corps to form the Armée de l'Est, under General Bourbaki, was based...
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    Alfred-Amédée Dodds (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni)
    capitulation of the Battle of Sedan, and rejoined the Armée de la Loire and later the Armée de l'Est. He was held in Switzerland at the end of the war. He...
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    for the campaign in the east, which ended in the destruction of the Armée de l'Est of Charles Denis Bourbaki. In 1871 he published a defence of his administration...
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  • Army of the East may refer to: Armée de l'Est, a French army active during the Franco-Prussian war Eastern Army (Spain), also translated as the Army of...
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    48°55′50″N 2°22′20″E / 48.93056°N 2.37222°E / 48.93056; 2.37222 Fort de l'Est is a military strong point designed to protect Paris. It was built between...
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    fought with the Armée de la Loire at Coulmiers and in the campaign around Orléans. In January 1871 he was transferred to the Armée de l'Est and following...
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    moving canvasses. In 1888 he produced a huge canvas entitled 1870-71 Armée de l’est now at the Musée d'Orsay . Displayed at the Salon in 1888 the critic...
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    bombardment, the Siege of Belfort and Les Verrières for the entry of the Armée de l'Est. This enabled him to begin studying at the State Academy of Fine Arts...
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    Colombier, Neuchâtel (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Reformation was successfully introduced in town. When portions of the Armée de l'Est were interred in Colombier in 1871, the Catholic mass began to be read...
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    of General Camille Cremer's division's 2nd Brigade attached to the Armée de l'Est. Tevis's command included Francs-tireurs and Garde Mobile. Tevis's brigade...
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    Walter Lovell (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
    Secretary's Fourth Report. Norwood, Mass: Plimpton Press, 1917, p. 238. Armées de l'Est État-Major Général. 73ème Division, XIV Tributes and Citations. C....
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    indirectly witnessed the fall of France, with the surrender of the Armée de l'Est; he then became passionate about conservative and Legitimist politics...
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    Eduard von Fransecky (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    part in the operations in the Côte-d'Or and Jura against Bourbaki's Armée de l'Est. After Bourbaki's forces were defeated at Pontarlier and forced over...
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    31 October 1870, Farre was promoted to général de brigade. With Bourbaki's transfer to the Armée de l'Est on 10 November 1870, Farre became provisional...
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    Battle of Amiens (1870) (category Battles in Hauts-de-France)
    more senior officer to take command — when Bourbaki transferred to the Armée de l'Est at Rouen on 10 November 1870. The French hoped that the new Army of...
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    (1833-1906), a hauler, and Anna Barbara Furrer. Part of the French Armée de l'Est was billeted on his grandfather's property in 1871, and watching their...
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  • east (French: Armée de l'Est) of général de division Bourbaki were reinforced by marching regiments. The 15th Army Corps of général de division Martineau...
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    Franco-Swiss Company (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Franco-Prussian War, when during January and February 1871, the French Armée de l'Est with 87,000 men under General Bourbaki retreated into Switzerland and...
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  • Milvignes (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Reformation was successfully introduced in town. When portions of the Armée de l'Est were interred in Colombier in 1871, the Catholic Mass began to be read...
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    one of two underpasses located at the Champs Élysées and the Avenue de la Grande Armée. A lift will take visitors almost to the top – to the attic, where...
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  • Braves (2015) Antoine Drouot, Le Sage de la Grande Armée (2017) Drouot, Le Sage de la Grande armée (2019) Munter, Laurence (7 September 2021). "Thierry...
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    the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and participated to the Côte-d'Or and Armée de l'Est campaigns with general Bourbaki. In 1887 he was awarded a poetry prize...
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    Battle of the Lisaine (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    leaders August von Werder Charles Denis Bourbaki Units involved XIV Corps Armée de l'Est Strength 40,000–45,000 146 guns 110,000 Casualties and losses 1,800...
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    in 1871 the castle was used to accommodate 506 members of Bourbaki's Armée de l'Est. A descendant of Daniel von Scherer, Baron Maximilian (Max) von Scherer-Scherburg...
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