30 August 1870: in the embarrassing debacle at Beaumont the French army is court literally napping without pickets posted. Their

30 August 1870: in the embarrassing debacle at Beaumont the French army is court literally napping without pickets posted. Their camp is overrun by Prussian IV corps. Thousands taken prisoner for light Prussian losses. https://t.co/KwxKOWpvRO

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