Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870 by Philipp Elliot-Wright
A fully-illustrated, detailed volume on Gravelotte-St-Privat, probably the hardest fought of all the battles of the Franco-Prussian War. Attacked by superior Prussian forces from both the First and Second armies, Marshal Bazaine's French Army of the Rhine inflicted heavy casualties on the advancing Prussians before finally being forced to retreat into the fortress city of Metz. Unable to break out and with no hope of relief Bazaine's army grimly held on to the end of the war. Philipp Elliot-Wright explores the French failure at Gravelotte-St-Privat, which led directly to their final defeat at Sedan, the collapse of Napoleon III's regime and the proclamation of the German Empire.
Philipp Elliot-Wright is a professor and Head of the School of Law at the University of West London. He is the author of several books on military history, including Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870: End of the Second Empire for Osprey Publishing.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781855322868 |
| ISBN 10 | 1855322862 |
| Title | Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870 |
| Author | Philipp Elliot-Wright |
| Series | Campaign |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1993-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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