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BATTLE OF HALLUE RIVER

The Battle of Hallue River occurred during the Franco-Prussian War between the 23rd and the 24th of December 1870 on a bend of the Hallue river 8 km north-east of Amiens. Citizen armies had been raised all over France since the siege of Paris and the northern army, under the command of General Louis Faidherbe, clashed with a smaller regular Prussian force while attempting to take Amiens. Faidherbe held off the initial Prussian assault but did not trust his irregular force to see off a second attack and withdrew.
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