The Franco-German War of 1870-71

by Helmuth Von Moltke

Overview

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CONTENTS.
PART I.
Combat of Weissenburg (4th August)
Battle of Wörth (6th August)
Battle of Spicheren (6th August)
Right-wheel of the German Army
Battle of Colombey-Nouilly (14th August)
Battle of Vionville—Mars la Tour (16th August)
Battle of Gravelotte—St. Privat (18th August)
New Distribution of the Army
The Army of Châlons
Battle of Beaumont (30th August)
Battle of Sedan (1st September)
PART II.
Sortie from Metz (26th August)
Battle of Noisseville (31st August)
Change of Government in Paris
Retreat of General Vinoy
March on Paris of IIIrd Army and the Army of the Meuse
Investment of Paris (19th September)
First Negotiations for Peace
Reduction of Toul (23rd September)
Reduction of Strasburg (28th September)
Operations round Paris to 15th October
Action of Artenay (10th October)
Engagement at Orleans (11th October)
Reduction of Soissons (15th October)
Storming of Châteaudun (18th October)
Sortie against Malmaison (21st October)
Storming of Le Bourget (30th October)
Sortie from Metz against Bellevue (7th October)
Capitulation of Metz (27th October)
New Distribution of the Army
Operations of the XIVth Corps in the South-East (October)
Reduction of Schlettstadt (24th October)
Reduction of Breisach (10th November)
Reduction of Verdun (9th November)
Advance of Ist and IInd Armies (up to mid-November)
Engagement at Coulmiers (9th November)
Operations of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Situation of IInd Army (second half of November)
Battle of Beaune la Rolande (28th November)
Advance of the Army of the Loire to the relief of Paris
Battle of Loigny—Poupry (2nd December)
Paris in November
Attempt of the Army of Paris to break out (30th November and 2nd December)
Advance of the Ist Army in November
Battle of Amiens (17th November)
Reduction of La Fère (27th November)
Reduction of Thionville (24th November)
Investment of Belfort in November
Battle of Orleans (3rd and 4th December)
Offensive Operations South, East, and West
Fighting of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (7th—10th December)
Interruption of important offensive operations in December
The XIVth Corps in December
The Ist Army in December
Reduction of Mézières (1st January, 1871)
Paris in December
Combat of Le Bourget (21st December)
Bombardment of Mont-Avron (27th December)
The Army of the East under General Bourbaki
Advance of the IInd Army to Le Mans
Battle in front of Le Mans (10th—12th January)
Occurrences northward of Paris during January
Battle of Bapaume (3rd January)
Fighting on the Lower Seine (4th January)
Reduction of Péronne (9th January)
Battle of St. Quentin (19th January)
Occurrences in the South-Eastern Seat of War up to 17th January
Siege of Belfort
Transfer of the French Army of the East to the South-Eastern Seat of War (end of December)
Action of Villersexel (9th January)
Battle on the Lisaine (15th—17th January)
The Artillery Attack on Paris (January, 1871)
Battle of Mont Valérien (19th January)
Prosecution of the Artillery Attack on Paris to the Armistice
Operations of the Army of the South under General von Manteuffel
General Hann von Weyhern's March on Dijon
Occupation of the Departments of the Doubs, Jura, and Côte d'Or
Prosecution of the Siege of Belfort
The Armistice
The Homeward March of the German Army
APPENDIX.
On the pretended Council of War in the Wars of King William I.
"Orders of Battle" of the French and German Armies in the first period of the war
Illustration - Map

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About the Author

"Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800 – 1891) was a German Generalfeldmarschall. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as one of the great strategists of the latter 19th century, and the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. He is often referred to as Moltke the Elder to distinguish him from his nephew Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke, who commanded the German Army at the outbreak of World War I." --Wikipedia