The Besieged Fortress
2006 2h 20mDir. Gérard Mordillat
DocumentaryWarHistory
Overview
A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.
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