Gravelotte-St.Privat, 1870 Gravelotte-St-Privat was probably the hardest fought of all the battles of the Franco-Prussian War. Attacked by superior Prussian forces from both the First and Second armies, Marshal Bazaine"s French Army of the Rhine inflicted heavy casualties on the advancing Prussian"s before finally being forced to retreat into the fortress city of Metz. Unable to break out and with no hope of relief Bazaine"... Full description