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Which army did Bazaine fight against in the Franco-Prussian War?

  • Austrian

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  • Prussian

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Prussian. During the Franco-Prussian War, Marshal François Achille Bazaine commanded the French Army of the Rhine. This army faced off against the Prussian forces led by General Helmuth von Moltke. The Prussians ultimately prevailed, capturing Bazaine and his army at the Siege of Metz in October 1870.
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