The date of the armistice was the 28th of January, and that of the
ratification of the treaty of Frankfurt the 23rd of May 1871.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--The literature of the war is ever increasing in volume,
and the following list only includes a very short selection made
amongst the most important works.
_General._--German official history, _Der deutsch-franzoesische Krieg_
(Berlin, 1872-1881; English and French translations); monographs of
the German general staff (_Kriegsgesch. Einzelschriften_); Moltke,
_Gesch. des deutsch-franzoes. Krieges_ (Berlin, 1891; English
translation) and _Gesammelte Schriften des G. F. M. Grafen v. Moltke_
(Berlin, 1900- ); French official history, _La Guerre de 1870-1871_
(Paris, 1902- ) (the fullest and most accurate account); P.
Lehautcourt (General Palat), _Hist. de la guerre de 1870-1871_ (Paris,
1901-1907); v. Verdy du Vernois, _Studien ueber den Krieg ... auf
Grundlage_ 1870-1871 (Berlin, 1892-1896); G. Cardinal von Widdern,
_Kritische Tage 1870-1871_ (French translation, _Journees critiques_).
Events preceding the war are dealt with in v. Bernhardi, _Zwischen
zwei Kriegen_; Baron Stoffel, _Rapports militaires_ 1866-1870 (Paris,
1871; English translation); G. Lehmann, _Die Mobilmachung_ 1870-1871
(Berlin, 1905).
For the war in Lorraine: Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen,
_Briefe ueber Strategie_ (English translation, _Letters on Strategy_);
F. Foch, _Conduite de la guerre_, pt. ii.; H. Bonnal, _Manoeuvre de
Saint Privat_ (Paris, 1904-1906); Maistre, _Spicheren_ (Paris, 1908);
v. Schell, _Die Operationen der I. Armee unter Gen. von Steinmetz_
(Berlin, 1872; English translation); F. Hoenig, _Taktik der Zukunft_
(English translation), and _24 Stunden Moltke'schen Strategie_
(Berlin, 1892; English and French translations).
For the war in Alsace and Champagne: H. Kunz, _Schlacht von Woerth_
(Berlin, 1891), and later works by the same author; H. Bonnal,
_Froeschweiler_ (Paris, 1899); Hahnke, _Die Operationen des III. Armee
bis Sedan_ (Berlin, 1873; French translation).
For the war in the Provinces: v. der Goltz, _Leon Gambetta und seine
Armeen_ (Berlin, 1877); _Die Operationen der II. Armee an die Loire_
(Berlin, 1875); _Die sieben Tage von Le Mans_ (Berlin, 1873); Kunz,
_Die Zusammensetzung der franzoes. Provinzialheeren_; de Freycinet, _La
Guerre en province_ (Paris, 1871); L. A. Hale, _The People's War_
(London, 1904); Hoenig, _Volkskrieg an die Loire_ (Berlin, 1892);
Blume, _Operationen v. Sedan bis zum Ende d. Kriegs_ (Berlin, 1872;
English translation); v. Schell, _Die Operationen der I. Armee unter
Gen. v. Goeben_ (Berlin, 1873; English translation); Count
Wartensleben, _Feldzug der Nordarmee unter Gen. v. Manteuffel_
(Berlin, 1872), _Operationen der Sudarmee_ (Berlin, 1872; English
translation); Faidherbe, _Campagne de l'armee du nord_ (Paris, 1872).
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