bourgaki

Updated: June 9, 2025

The emperor made his way to Metz, where was stationed his main army, about 200,000 strong, under Marshals Bazaine and Canrobert and General Bourgaki. Further east, under Marshal MacMahon, the hero of Magenta, was the southern army, of about 100,000 men.

Logan Marshall - A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict