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Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries.
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The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War on 1 September 1870. It resulted in the capture of Emperor Napoleon III along with his army and practically decided ...
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During the Franco-Prussian War, disastrous French defeat by the Prussians 2 September 1870 at Sedan, a fortified town in northern France, close to the Belgian border and about 195 ...

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Battle of Sedan, engagement fought on September 1, 1870, around the town of Sedan in northern France, that decided the Franco-Prussian War. The battle was fought between a French army, commanded by Comte Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, until he was wounded, and then by General Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen, and a German army under Count Helmuth von Moltke. It resulted in a complete victory for the Germans. The French emperor Napoleon III, who had joined the French forces in the afternoon, was also captured. The French casualties were approximately 17,000; German casualties, about 9,000.