During the Franco-Prussian War the Parisian National Guard, which was founded during the time of the American Revolution, engaged the Prussian Army and later rebelled against the Versailles Army under Marshal McMahon.

During the Franco-Prussian War, the battlefield front-lines moved rapidly through France.

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Rouen was occupied by the Prussians.

During the Franco-Prussian War, Gautier made his way back to Paris upon hearing of the Prussian advance on the capital.

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 – 1871, Metz was the headquarters of the army under the command of General Bazaine.

During the 19th-century Franco-Prussian War, besieged Parisians used carrier pigeons to transmit messages outside the city.

During the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ) it was moved from the Louvre to the Brest Arsenal.

During the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, Somme was invaded by Prussian forces and Amiens was occupied.

During the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ) the château was used as a field hospital.

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the Germans took as hostages the prominent people or officials from towns or districts when making requisitions and also when foraging, and it was a general practice for the mayor and adjoint of a town which failed to pay a fine imposed upon it to be seized as hostages and retained till the money was paid.

During this period, between the 1815 Congress of Vienna ( after the defeat of Napoleonic France ) and the end of the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ), Britain reaped the benefits of being the world's sole modern, industrial power.

During a visit to Europe in 1870, Burnside attempted to mediate between the French and the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War.

During the siege of 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, the last time that Toul's defenses were used as a classic fortress, 64 guns opened fire at 6: 00 a. m. on 23 September, and the fortress surrendered at 3: 00 p. m. after 2, 433 shells had been fired.

During the Franco-Prussian War, on 2 September 1870 the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with 100, 000 of his soldiers at the First Battle of Sedan.

During the Franco-Prussian War he commanded the VI army corps, which was almost annihilated at Mars-la-Tour and at the Gravelotte, where Canrobert commanded on the Saint-Privat position.

During the Franco-Prussian War pigeons were used to carry mail between besieged Paris and the French unoccupied territory.

( see: Franco-Prussian War ) During the actual Paris Commune, he was at Arras with Alfred Robaut.

During a Napoleonic Wars and Franco-Prussian War, balloons were used for aerial reconnaissance by the French.

During the Franco-Prussian war the German navy was greatly outnumbered and so the ship spent the duration of the war at anchor, much to the embarrassment of the navy.

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, Prussia defeated the Second French Empire, resulting in the establishment of the Third Republic.

During the Franco-Prussian War he was promoted to second lieutenant and recommended for the Iron Cross, Second Class.

During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, Roon was in attendance on the ( then ) king Wilhelm.

During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871, French General Faidherbe briefly established his headquarters in Vitry-en-Artois ( from 25 to 31 December 1870 ) after the battle of Pont-Noyelles.

During the Franco-Prussian War for example, the portion of the Staff which accompanied the headquarters of the King ( as commander-in-chief ) and was responsible for the direction of armies which totalled 850, 000 men, consisted of the Chief of Staff himself, a Quartermaster-General and an Intendant-General whose duties were not directly concerned with military operations, three heads of departments, eleven other officers, ten draughtsmen, seven clerks and fifty-nine other ranks ( orderlies, messengers etc.

During the brief Mexican venture Fosdick's report to the Secretary recommended a definite stand by the War Department against the saloon and the excesses of prostitution.

During the Civil War period Mr. Brown also invented the Brown & Sharpe formed tooth gear cutter, a basic invention which ultimately revolutionized the world's gear manufacturing industry by changing its basic economics.

During World War 2,, he was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.

During World War 2, about 7.5 million persons were enrolled in courses organized under two special programs administered by state and local school authorities: ( 1 ) Vocational Education for National Defense, and ( 2 ) War Production Training.

About a quarter of Hardy's poems carry an appended date line, usually the year of completion, but sometimes inclusive years ( `` 1908 - 1910 '' ) or two separate dates when Hardy worked on the poem ( `` 1905 and 1926 '' ) or an approximate date ( `` During the War '' ).

During the Civil War, Custer, who achieved a brilliant record, was made brigadier general at the age of 23.

During World War 2,, doctors in The Netherlands and Scandinavia noted a curious fact: despite the stresses of Nazi occupation, the death rate from coronary artery disease was slowly dropping.

During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares (" Apollonian Games ") were instituted in his honor, on the instructions of a prophecy attributed to one Marcius.

During the First World War Korzybski served as an intelligence officer in the Russian Army.

During World War I, the Armenian Genocide, the Greek genocide ( especially in Pontus ), and the Assyrian Genocide almost entirely removed the ancient communities of Armenian and Assyrian populations in Anatolia, as well as a large part of its ethnic Greek population.

During the post-World War I period ski-lifts were built in Swiss and Austrian towns to accommodate winter visitors, but summer tourism continued to be important ; by the mid-20th century the popularity of downhill skiing increased greatly as it became more accessible and in the 1970s several new villages were built in France devoted almost exclusively to skiing, such a Les Menuires.

During World War I, Poirot left Belgium for Britain as a refugee.

During World War II, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School ( GCCS ) at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre.

* 1958 – During the Cold War, American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

During the First World War, because of his family connections with both sides and the division of popular opinion, Spain remained neutral.

* 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

During World War II, Abadan was a major logistics center for Lend-Lease aircraft being sent to the Soviet Union by the United States.

During World War II, the ACLU defended Japanese American citizens who were forcibly relocated to internment camps.

During the Cold War, the ACLU headquarters was dominated by anti-communists, but many local affiliates defended members of the Communist Party.

During this time, his parents took part in the Spanish Civil War in supporting rather than fighting roles.

During World War II, Eleven Assyrian companies saw action in Palestine and another four served in Cyprus.

During the Second Boer War on 15 November 1899, Winston Churchill, then a war-correspondent, was travelling on board an armoured train when it was ambushed by Boer commandos.

During the Anglo-Iraqi War, some of the units located in the British Mandate of Palestine were sent to Iraq and drove Fordson armored cars.

During its design stages the name Victorie Stadion was frequently used, referring to the Dutch War of Independence, the phrase " n Alkmaar begint de victorie " ( Victory begins in Alkmaar ) in particular.