The Besieged Fortress

The Besieged Fortress

0.0 La Forteresse assiégée

2006, 2 h 20 m

Documentary, War, History

A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.