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Battle of Gravelotte
The Battle of Gravelotte (or Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat) on 18 August 1870 was the largest battle of the Franco-Prussian War. Named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine between Metz and the former French–German frontier, it was fought about 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 were now closing in to complete the destruction of the French forces.
Gravelotte (disambiguation)
Gravelotte may refer to:
- Gravelotte, a village and commune in the Moselle "département", in France, and the site of the Battle of Gravelotte on August 18, 1870
- Gravelotte, Limpopo, in South Africa
- Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (1876-1939), a French fencer