Saarbruck to Sedan: The Franco-German War 1870-1871: Volume 1 - Uniforms, Organisation and Weapons of the Armies of the Imperial Phase of the War

The Franco-German War of 1870-71 saw the demise of one empire, that of Napoleon III and the birth of another, a German empire under the rule of the king of Prussia. Many books have been written on the campaigns and battles of the war, this is the first to center on the armies themselves: how they were organized, how they were armed, what uniforms they were dressed in, and how they were supplied with the essentials of war.

Technical innovations changed the way armies behaved in the field, ra...