2-623-438 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The War of 1870-71. From the plans of the Prussian General Staff and other Sources', 1907. A map showing the Battles round Metz, during August 1870. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War , often referred to as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. From The World's History, Volume VIII, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt. [William Heinemann, London, 1907]