2-715-254 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Württemberg Division at Champigny, 2 December 1870, (1936). 'Die Württemberger Bei Champigny, 2 Dezember 1870'. Soldiers of the Württemberg Division of the Prussian 3rd Army fighting at the village of Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris, during the Franco-Prussian War. Better known as the Battle of Villiers, Champigny was one of the unsuccessful attempts by the French to break out through the Prussian lines between 30 November and 3 December 1870. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]