While the French army under General MacMahon engaged the German 3rd Army at the Battle of Wörth, the German 1st Army under Steinmetz finished their advance west from Saarbrücken. A patrol from the German 2nd Army under Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia spotted decoy fires close and Frossard's army farther off on a distant plateau south of the town of Spicheren, and took this as a sign of Frossard's retreat. Ignoring Moltke's plan again, both German armies attacked Frossard's French 2nd Corps, fortified between Spicheren and Forbach. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who commanded the French army at the battle of Worth? ANS1 General MacMahon QSN2 Which German divisison did MacMahon engage? ANS2 German 3rd Army QSN3 Who commanded the German 1st Army? ANS3 Steinmetz QSN4 What did a German patrol spot that led them to believe that Frossard had retreated? ANS4 decoy fires QSN5 Whose plan did German armies ignore in attacking Frossard? ANS5 Moltke's