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Topic: Religion, Eighth War of (War of the Three Henrys)
Location: Gandzha > Gjandza Ganca Azerbaijan

The Germans, under the leadership of Prussian …

Years: 1870 - 1870
September

The Germans, under the leadership of Prussian Count Helmuth von Moltke, decisively defeat the French in the Battle of Sedan on September 1-2.

On September 2, 1870, Napoleon III judges the army’s position to be untenable and surrenders the army at Sedan and himself to Bismarck.