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2 unusual facts about Edmond Le Bœuf


Edmond Le Bœuf

Leboeuf took part in the Lorraine campaign, at first as chief of staff (major-general) of the Army of the Rhine, and afterwards, when Bazaine became commander-in-chief, as chief of the III Corps, which he led in the battles around Metz.

Shut up with Bazaine in Metz, on its fall he was confined as a prisoner in Prussia.



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