Last Throw of the Dice: Bourbaki and Werder in Eastern France 1870-71

Details the failed 1871 French Army of the East's attempt to break German lines and relieve Paris during the Franco—Prussian War.

This book recounts the last attempt by the Government of National Defence to reverse the outcome of the Franco—Prussian War, as Leon Gambetta launched the Army of the East under General Charles Bourbaki, the former commander of the Imperial Guard, in a desperate attack on the German lines of communication in South—Eastern France. The plan was that after sweeping a...