Gerd Becker Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Hello everyone,does anyone of you know this book? Title is "Der Krieg gegen Frankreich 1870-71" and its printed 1895. Its about the war 1870/71 and describes very detailed, what happened. There are some very nice prints and i though, the members here maybe enjoy it to take a look. First, the book cover:
Gerd Becker Posted March 7, 2006 Author Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) and von Moltke: Edited March 7, 2006 by Gerd Becker
stephen Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Gerd,Nice images, I have a history of the Bavarian Corps during the 1870 war. Now I am writing this at work so I don't have the book to hand and I have not looked at it in years so the title and the exact content elude me!! there are however super maps etc. Will dig it out when I return home tonight and scan some images.Strangely I picked it up in a flea market in Budapest of all places-I was living in upper Bavaria at the time!!
Gerd Becker Posted March 7, 2006 Author Posted March 7, 2006 Hi Stephen,i found this one on a fleamarket too. Its not my field of interest mainly, but it wasn?t expensive, so i took the opportunity. There are maps in this one also and for someone, who is interested in the war 1870/71, it could be a very nice research-source. If someone is interested to trade it against Soviet Medals, Documents, reference-books, send me a pm.Her is the imprinted EK 1870 on the reverse of the cover:Look forward to the pictures.Gerd
stephen Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Hi Gerd,I agree it is not my thing but my book would be invaluable to a serious student of the conflict, will try and locate the book tonight and get some scans on as soon as possible.Stephen
stephen Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) Gerd, What a fool, old age is taking it's toll. The book mentioned earlier is in fact a a history of the 15 Bavarian Infantry Regiment, That said it is quite extraordinary in that the contents, which are as you will imagine exhaustive are supplemented by some additions by the owner. These include a letter and a paper cutting from the local Kaufbeuren paper dated 5 November 1870. There are also two beautiful maps in A3 and all the usual stuff. The scans are not the best because I rushed it! As you said earlier it's not really my thing but to an aficionado of the period/campaign it would be a find. Edited March 8, 2006 by stephen
stephen Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) Here is another, a section of the map showing the fifteenth just on the outskirts of Balan (Sedan) Edited March 8, 2006 by stephen
stephen Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 here is my attempt to make sense of the letter, it looks like the censor has been at it!
Tom Y Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Gerd and Stephen, could you give the authors? They look loke they would both be worth a search. I imagine the marinalia and letters would b e hard to find, though
stephen Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) Gerd and Stephen, could you give the authors? They look loke they would both be worth a search. I imagine the marinalia and letters would b e hard to find, though Tom,My contribution is a history of the 15th during the Franco Prussian war and I would presume, as no named person is credited, it is the work of that regiment. Edited March 8, 2006 by stephen
Tom Y Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Tom,My contribution is a history of the 15th dring the Franco Prussian war and I would presume, as no named person is credited, it is the work of that regiment.Thanks, Stephen. I'm anxious to know the title. There were 9500 +hits for "Bayerische" at Abebooks
stephen Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) Tom, Das 15 Infanterie Regiment im Feldzug 1870/71 is the title on the spine-happy hunting Edited March 8, 2006 by stephen
stephen Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Tom,Out of curiosity, after your last mail, I had a quick look through Google and Abe books and didn?t turn up any thing at all with a combination of search options in English and German
Glenn J Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Tom & Stephen,a couple of copies at zvab.de. Expensive though! Full title:Geschichte des k?niglich bayrischen 15. Infanterie-Regiments K?nig Johann von Sachsen im Feldzuge 1870/71 gegen FrankreichRegardsGlenn
stephen Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Glen,Wow, that is expensive and I guess that my copy with letter and cuttings etc. may possibly have even more value. Good link Glenn.
Gerd Becker Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 Thanks for taking the pics, Stephen. Regimental History are highly sought after.Tom, the author of this book is Th. LindnerFull title is "Der Krieg gegen Frankreich 1870-71" Zur 25j?hrigen Wiederkehr der Gedenktage von 1870/71Gerd
stephen Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 The full title was actually given in the first scan?
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