| Chanzy | 02 May 2014 3:24 a.m. PST |
Made a visit to this historic site and the newly opened museum covering the battle of Gravelotte St Privat. Pictures and report on the blog:
blackpowdergames.blogspot.se |
| Costanzo1 | 02 May 2014 3:42 a.m. PST |
Beautiful and useful report. |
| Big Martin Back | 02 May 2014 3:58 a.m. PST |
That sounds great. I wonder if I can fit it in on my way back from SE Germany in August. |
| Mollinary | 02 May 2014 5:05 a.m. PST |
Excellent report and pictures. Have been waiting for the museum to open, and intend to make another visit there myself in a couple of months. Very helpful. Mollinary |
| Broglie | 02 May 2014 5:49 a.m. PST |
A very interesting report thank you. Is there a website for this museum and if so do you have a link. A Google search produced little. I was there many many years ago and there was a very small private museum at the Gravelotte crossroads. Has this been expanded? |
| Mollinary | 02 May 2014 7:11 a.m. PST |
No. That one has been closed, and a completely new one, much larger, with huge car park on the other side of the road, has been built. It is directly opposite the German monument/graveyard. Mollinary |
| Broglie | 02 May 2014 2:28 p.m. PST |
Thanks Mollinary. Is there a website? I have found the location on Google maps though. Regards |
| Bohdan Khmelnytskij | 02 May 2014 8:36 p.m. PST |
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| Evzone | 03 May 2014 2:56 a.m. PST |
Fascinating read, thank you for sharing, it's on my bucket list of things to do. |
| Mollinary | 03 May 2014 3:03 a.m. PST |
Broglie, Not exactly, but if you look at the French wiki entry for "Musee de la Guerrero de 1870 et de l'Annexion" you will find the appropriate page of a broader website cg57.fr which gives you more info about it than I could find elsewhere, including practical issues such as entry fees and times.
Hope this helps. Mollinary |
| Broglie | 04 May 2014 3:50 p.m. PST |
Thanks Mollinary I will certainly check that out as this is one of my favourite periods and has been for many years. I have been debating whether to visit this area of France again but a new museum will certainly make my mind up. Regards |
| Aspern | 05 May 2014 11:40 p.m. PST |
Mars-La-Tour is just down the road, and is a must see. |
| Broglie | 07 May 2014 9:33 a.m. PST |
Hello Aspern What is there to see in Mars-la-Tour? There was no fighting in that village as far as I know. What am I missing out on? |
| Aspern | 08 May 2014 1:12 p.m. PST |
Well, only a major battle! |
| Broglie | 09 May 2014 3:07 p.m. PST |
Seriously though – is there something to see in Mars la Tour? My understanding is that the French called the battle Mars la Tour because that was where they were heading whereas the Prussians called the battle Rezonville or Vionville. There was no actual fighting in Mars la Tour as far as I know. I am hoping to visit the area again and will check Mars la Tour. |
| Aspern | 10 May 2014 7:18 a.m. PST |
It is a most walkable battlefield. Start by reading this, before you go: link |
| Broglie | 11 May 2014 9:25 a.m. PST |
Thanks Aspern, I have indeed read that particular book three times and enjoyed it very much. Regards |
| Aspern | 11 May 2014 10:41 a.m. PST |
Then you will enjoy following the route of von Bredow's charge, amongst other things! |
| Broglie | 12 May 2014 2:39 a.m. PST |
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| mashrewba | 15 May 2014 12:32 p.m. PST |
What an interesting picture -I've not seen this one bedfore-I'd love to see figs in FPW ranges knelling and prone but there are very few. |
| Mollinary | 23 May 2014 9:10 a.m. PST |
In Pendraken's 10mm range the skirmisher codes for both the Prussian and French infantry contain kneeling figures. Regarding Mars la Tour Broglie is right concerning the village itself but the battlefield, whatever you choose to call it, is very little changed and we'll worth a wander around. Mollinary |
| Aspern | 24 May 2014 7:26 a.m. PST |
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