| Description |
1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Grey Areas -- Insiders and Outsiders -- Every Twenty Seconds -- Victims in the Eye of the Beholder -- Carrying On -- A Fraternal Hand -- Heroic Measures -- Strassburg -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
When war broke out between France and Prussia in the summer of 1870, one of the first targets of the invading German armies was Strasbourg. From August 15 to September 27, Prussian forces bombarded this border city, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands more, and destroying many historic buildings and landmarks. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Strasbourg (France) -- History -- Siege, 1870.
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Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Campaigns -- France.
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Sieges -- France.
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Sieges. |
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France. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France. |
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Military campaigns. |
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France -- Strasbourg. |
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Siege of Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France : 1870) |
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Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) |
| Chronological Term |
1870-1871 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chrastil, Rachel. Siege of Strasbourg. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014 9780674728868 (DLC) 2015451885 (OCoLC)861478318 |
| ISBN |
9780674416284 (electronic book) |
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0674416287 (electronic book) |
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9780674728868 (cloth) |
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0674728866 (cloth) |
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