Forbach, a manufacturing town of 6842 inhabitants, in Lorraine, 6 miles SW. of Saarbruck. Here on 6th August 1870 the French had to retreat.
Forbach
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 728
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Forbach, a manufacturing town of 6842 inhabitants, in Lorraine, 6 miles SW. of Saarbruck. Here on 6th August 1870 the French had to retreat.