Gravelotte, a village of Lorraine, 7 miles W. of Metz. There, on 18th August 1870, the French under Bazaine sustained a severe defeat by the Germans. See FRANCE, Vol. IV. p. 783.
Gravelotte
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 366
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