Download or read book The Destruction of the Imperial Army Volume 4: Catastrophe: Sedan, Strasbourg and Metz written by Grenville Bird and published by From Musket to Maxim. This book was released on 2024-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh study of the tumultuous events of summer 1870 when Moltke's German armies destroyed Napoleon's Imperial army, laying the foundations for a military and political hegemony lasting into the 20th Century. This volume examines in detail the capitulation of the Emperor Napoleon at Sedan, the siege of Strasbourg and Metz, including the battles of Noisseville and Landonchamps and concludes with a study of the French and German tactics of the period and is complemented by extensive OOB's, maps, illustrations and photographs.