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BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE.
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100 mitrailleuses, and 53 standards, besides the amount of small-arms appropriate to the strength of the capitulated army. The battle of Gravelotte carried momentous consequences in its result. It was the prelude to the fall of Sedan, and with Sedan fell the empire of Napoleon Third.