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200:(16 July 1809 – 14 April 1877) was a Prussian general who served in the
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Prussia and Italy in 1866
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Conquest of France in 1870-1871
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Invasion of France 1870–1871
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Koniggratz: Prussia's Victory Over Austria, 1866
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269:Fortress of the German Confederation
198:Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz
23:Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz
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93:Kingdom of Prussia
55:Duchy of Brunswick
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652:Wawro, Geoffrey,
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