It was unable to stop a Prussian advance into north Württemberg at Tauberbischofsheim, but this battle was not important in the war.

The Austrian artillery held off the Prussians by firing into the smoke of the Prussian advance.

During the Franco-Prussian War, Gautier made his way back to Paris upon hearing of the Prussian advance on the capital.

There were two immediate consequences: the fall of the Second Empire and the swift Prussian advance on Paris.

The French, finally aware of the Prussian advance, opened up a massive return fire against the mass of advancing Germans.

Outnumbered and outflanked, they were being slowly driven in by the pressure of the Prussian advance.

Holding Podol was important because of two strategic bridges over the Iser, which a further Prussian advance would need.

The battle was a fact and the French, falling back before the Prussian advance in August 1870, were leaving Rome that day, the nineteenth.

The works allowed the French to slow the Prussian advance on the capital and was the scene of violent combat.

Any residual doubts were rapidly dispelled by the speed of the Prussian advance and the subsequent overthrow of the Second Empire.