Le siège de Thionville, de la fin d'août au 24 novembre 1870, est un épisode de la guerre franco-allemande de 1870 survenu à Thionville (Moselle). La petite garnison française repousse une tentative d'attaque le 14 août. Elle est soumise à un blocus puis assiégée à partir du 13 novembre. Après la capitulation de Metz, survenue le 28 octobre 1870, les Prussiens déplacent vers Thionville une partie de leur puissante artillerie.
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The siege of Thionville took place within the Franco-Prussian War. It occurred in Thionville of the Moselle from 13 to 24 November 1870. The small French garrison repulsed an attempted attack on 14 August. The garrison was subjected to a blockade and then besieged from 13 November. After the capitulation of Metz, on 28 October 1870, the Prussians moved part of their powerful artillery to Thionville. Bombed from 22 November, the square surrendered on 24 November. The capture of Thionville and that of Montmédy a month later gave the Germans control of the railway to the Picardy front.
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The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Thionville, Moselle, northeast France, standing on Place Robert Schuman. The building, which was originally conceived as a convert, was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1991.
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Thionville is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
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The relief of Thionville took place on 7 June 1639, during the Thirty Years' War. The allied Imperial-Spanish forces under the overall command of Ottavio Piccolomini hammered the French force under the leadership of Marquis de Feuquieres, causing it to lift the siege of the Thionville stronghold.
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The siege of Thionville saw an unsuccessful attempt to conquer the French stronghold of Thionville by the Austro-royalists during the War of the First Coalition.
Bombardée à partir du 22 novembre, la place capitule le 24 novembre. La prise de Thionville et celle de Montmédy un mois plus tard donnent aux Allemands la maîtrise du chemin de fer jusqu'au front de Picardie.
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