The Destruction of the Imperial Army: Volume 2 - The Battles Around Metz

Volume Two, The Battles Around Metz, continues the most comprehensive account of the defeat of the French Imperial Army in the last 100 years, presenting previously unpublished source material.

The Battles Around Metz, the second in a four volume series, takes a fresh and in depth look at the events of the opening months of the Franco Prussian War between Napoleon’s Imperial Army and King Wilhelm’s German armies when, within the space of four weeks in summer 1870, the established order was o...