Carl Tanera, Captain (ret.)
Serious and lighthearted reminiscences of an adjutant in the year 1870/71
illustrated by Ernst Zimmer
CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Munich 1896
Original linen binding with colorful illustrations and gold lettering on the cover and spine.
Cover slightly rubbed, edges and corners slightly bumped
gold-patterned attachments
Owner's note
464 pages
Pages have yellowed due to age and paper quality.
Weight approx. 1.8 kg
Contents include
- To France
- The Day of Wörth, August 6, 1870
- Chardogne
- The first battle
- Autrecourt and Remilly on August 31, 1870
- The Battle of Sedan on September 1, 1870
- The shooting of French horses on September 9, 1870
- The ramble through the forests between Longjumeau and Orleans
- The First Battle of Orleans on October 11, 1870
- In and around Orleans
- The meeting of Coulmiers
- The Battle of Thiron Gardais November 21, 1870
- An orderly ride
- Miscellaneous Lot
- Châteaudun and Varize November 27th to 29th
- Loigny Bazoches-les-Hautes December 2, 1870
- The Second Battle of Orleans on December 3rd and 4th, 1870
- December 5th and 6th and the battles of Meung and Vilocry on December 7th, 1870
- My hardest but most beautiful day
- During the Christmas season of 1870
Wounded again near Paris, January 5, 1871
- How we lived in Charenton during the Armistice of 1871
- First time in Paris on March 3, 1871
- At Paris after the peace treaty of 1871
- Corbeil 1871
- During the Commune
- Various visits to Paris in Civil War
- Château Sainte Assise
- The march into occupation in the autumn of 1871
- In Sedan during the occupation of 1871 and 1872
- The area around Sedan and excursions during the occupation
- In Rocroi
- A stone from the fortress wall of Rocroi and the march home
- Closing remarks