Hozier, HM

Sedan, Gravelotte and the sieges of Paris and Strasbourg are laid out in Henry Montague Hozier's antique maps, a cartographi...

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Sedan, Gravelotte and the sieges of Paris and Strasbourg are laid out in Henry Montague Hozier's antique maps, a cartographic history of the Franco-Prussian War. Hozier (1838–1907) was a British soldier and writer on nineteenth-century European warfare, and these sheets were published in 1875, looking back to the campaigns of 1870–71. Plans of Sedan, Gravelotte, Woerth and other battles set troop movements among the roads, villages and terrain, while larger maps follow operations around Paris, on the Loire and in northern France. The siege works at Strasbourg and the fortifications of Paris receive specialised plans. The credits reflect a publishing project under Hozier's name, not proof that he engraved each sheet.

Sedan, Gravelotte and the sieges of Paris and Strasbourg are laid out in Henry Montague Hozier's antique maps, a cartographic history of the Franco-Prussian War. Hozier (1838–1907) was a British soldier and writer on nineteenth-century European warfare, and these sheets were published in 1875, looking back to the campaigns of 1870–71. Plans of Sedan, Gravelotte, Woerth and other battles set troop movements among the roads, villages and terrain, while larger maps follow operations around Paris, on the Loire and in northern France. The siege works at Strasbourg and the fortifications of Paris receive specialised plans. The credits reflect a publishing project under Hozier's name, not proof that he engraved each sheet.

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