CHAPTER V THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON’S RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN 92 CHAPTER VI THE EPIDEMICS OF TYPHUS FEVER IN CENTRAL EUROPE FOLLOWING UPON THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN AND DURING THE WARS OF LIBERATION (1812–14) 106 CHAPTER VII FROM THE AGE OF NAPOLEON TO THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR 165 1. The Russo-Turkish War of 1828–9 165 2. The Crimean War (1854–6) 170 3. The North American Civil War (1861–5) 175 4. The Italian War of 1859 183 5. The Danish War of 1864 183 6. The German War of 1866 184 CHAPTER VIII THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR OF 1870–1, AND THE EPIDEMIC OF SMALL-POX CAUSED BY IT 189 CHAPTER IX FROM THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR TO THE PRESENT TIME 286 1. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–8 286 2. The Boer War of 1899–1901 290 3. The War in South-west Africa (1904–7) 296 4. The Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5 296 5. The Occupation of Tripoli by the Italians (1911) 299 6. The War between Turkey and the Balkan States (1912–13) 300 CHAPTER X EPIDEMICS IN BESIEGED STRONGHOLDS 302 1. The Siege of Mantua (1796–7) 304 2. The Siege of Danzig (1813) 306 3. The Siege of Torgau (1813) 311 4. The Siege of Mayence (1813–14) 316 5. The Siege of Paris (1870–1) 320 6. The Siege of Port Arthur (1904) 324 CONCLUSION 328 INDEX 335 INTRODUCTION