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Thursday, March 18

The Completed French Army of the North 1871

The General Faidherbe's Army of the North on January 3rd 1871, fielded 2 Corps; the 22nd and the 23rd. Each Corps was comprised of 2 divisions, and each division had 2 brigades. In total the Army of the North had 56 battalions of variable quality and levels of training and 15 batteries of artillery (note: there were no mitrailleuse batteries in the oob).

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