"The other members of this batch of cadets should be sent to East Africa, right? Now that the war in East Africa is over, the army can be reorganized." After sending off Heinrich and Leopold, Ernst thought.
It just so happens that some older German mercenary officers can be retired.
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The East African war has ended, but the war in Europe has not. Prussia advanced rapidly through France, and a major French army group surrendered without a fight on October 27, 1870, after being besieged for 72 days in Metz.
Meanwhile, Admiral Karl led his troops marauding through northern Italy, stirring up trouble in Lombardy, forcing the Lombardy front-line troops to split their forces to prevent a rear assault.
