Index

The
Franco-Prussian War
1870-71

Facsimile of the Surrender Note sent by Napoleon III. To King Wilhelm I. at Sedan
1st September 1870
(with Background Notes, and Text of the Note in French, German and English)

Capitulation of Sedan, signed at Frénois
2nd September 1870 - Original French Text

Official Report on the Battle of St. Quentin, by General Faidherbe
Original French Text

Announcement of the Execution of a French Priest at Rheims for
instigating attacks on German Troops, 12th February 1871
Original French Text, with English Translation

Notification to the Hamburg Senate of the
French Naval Blockade of the German North Sea Coast, 15th August 1870
Text in German as issued by the Senate

Armeebefehl issued by General von Moltke on 30th August, 1870,
after the Battle of Beaumont
Original German Text, with Background Notes

Tagesbefehl (Order of the Day) issued to the Prussian Garde Korps
on 20th August 1870
Original German Text, with Notes

Capitulation of Sedan, 2nd September 1870
Original German Text

Order regulating the conduct of French Soldiers opposite German Officers
Amiens, 25th March 1871
Original French Text, with English Translation

Report in the Paris newspaper le Figaro on the role of
General Staff, a Prussian spy in Paris from 1866
5th September 1870
Original French Text, with German and English Translations

Terms of Surrender for the French Army at Metz
October 27th 1870
Original German Text, with Notes

A Report from the Swiss newspaper Berner Bund
concerning the French disregard of the Geneva Convention
24th August 1870
Original German Text, with English Translation

Telegram from the King of Prussia to General der Infanterie
von der Tann of the Bavarian I. Armee Corps
18th December 1870
Original German Text, with Notes

Order of the Day from Vice-Admiral La Ronciére de Noury to the Naval Troops
sent to help defend Paris
18th August 1870
Text in English

Army Order issued by General Bourbaki
to the Armée de l`Est for 15th January 1871
Original French Text, with Notes

Eye-witness Accounts

Experiences of captured German Officers in Paris
December 1870

The Prussian Garde at St. Privat.
An eye-witness account by a Garde Officer

An eye-witness account of the Burial of Fallen Officers of the Prussian Guard
on 19th August 1870 after the Battle of Gravelotte-St.Privat

Eye-witness account of scenes around the Mance Ravine on 19th August 1870
(after the Battle of Gravelotte-St. Privat, fought on the 18th)

Account of the Battle of Sedan and the French Surrender
31st August-2nd September 1870
(Written for the New York Tribune by a French Officer
who was in Sedan)

Account of the Battle of Sedan and the French Surrender
31st August-2nd September 1870
(Written for the New York Tribune by a correspondent
with the German Headquarters)

An account of events in Paris from the arrival
of the news of Sedan to the formation of
the Republican Governmant

-French Army Transport July-August 1870:
Regulations and Reality-

French Military Transport Organisation as laid down
in the 1867 Regulations

French Military Transport during and after Mobilisation
July-August 1870

- Prussian Army Wagons 1870-71 -

A Brief Introduction

Pontoon Wagon (with photo!)

Field Telegraph Materialienwagen (with photo!)

Bridging Column Werkzeugwagen (with photo!)

Ammunition Wagon (with photo!)

Munitionswagen crossing a Pontoon Bridge (drawing by Knötel)

Prussian Train in Action (drawing by Knötel)

French Wagon in German Service (drawing by Knötel)

- French Uniforms 1870-71 -

(Illustrations with notes.)

French Line Uniforms 1870

Chasseur á Pied

Line Infantry

Officer of Gardes Mobiles 1870-71

Naval Infantry 1). - Marine

Naval Infantry 2). - Sailor

Francs-tireurs

Zouaves Pontificaux

Garibaldi Volunteers

- Maps -

The Battle of Colombey, 14th August 1870
The Situation at 1930 hrs.

The Battle of Vionville/Mars-la-Tour, 16th August 1870
The Situation at 1700 hrs.

The Battle of Gravelotte-St.Privat, 18th August 1870
The Situation at 1900 hrs.

The Battle of Coulmiers, 9th November 1870
The Situation at 1500 hrs.

The Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande, 28th November 1870
The Situation at 1630 hrs.

The Battle of Loigny, 2nd December 1870
The Situation at 0900 hrs.

The Battle of Orleans, 3rd and 4th December 1870
The Situation on the evening of the 3rd.

The Battle of Beaugency-Cravant, 8th, 9th and 10th December 1870
The Situation on the evening of the 10th.

The Battle of St.Quentin, 19th January 1871
The Situation at 1400 hrs.

- Illustrations -

German Ironclads 1870

The French Fleet 1870

L`Empereur Napoleon III.

Maréchal Bazaine

Maréchal MacMahon

Prussian troops building an improvised firestep

Württemberg Infantry on the March

Model of the Fortress at Thionville/Diedenhofen

Model of the Fortress at Meziérères

French Gunboats on the Seine 1870-71

A Soldier of a Garnisonbattailon guarding
French Prisoners of War

French Troops crossing the Marne

Baden Artillery Advancing at Bussurel,
January 15th 1871

Mance Ravine, near Gravelotte

A French Hostage riding on a German Train

The "Napoleonometer" - a device measuring Napoleon III.`s
change in mood as the war progressed...

Photograph of fighting at La Moncelle, 1st September 1870,
later published as a Postcard

Krupps C/64 4-pound gun and limber
(Photograph taken at the Zeughaus, Berlin after 1871)

French Camp at St. Avold

Bavarian Uhlans advancing on Foot

The Prussian Garde storming a barricade
at the entrance to St. Privat
18th August 1870

Photograph showing damage caused to the Citadel Gate at Belfort during the Siege

The Prussian Cavalry General Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode issuing orders to Bavarian Troops
7th November 1870

Prussian Infantry attacking St. Hubert
18th August 1870
(Drawing by Friedrich)

- Wargaming -

Wargaming the Franco-Prussian War

- Sources, Contact, Links -

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