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Date July 13, 1870
Context Franco-German War

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Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.
Otto von Bismarck
German chancellor and prime minister
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Antoine-Agénor-Alfred, duke de Gramonte
French statesman
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Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Prussian prince