After the serial 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War, World War I, and World War II — along with the failed Versailles peace treaty of 1919 — the Allies in World War II wanted to ensure there would ...
“The ability to quickly arrive at decisions and the cheerful assumption of responsibility which characterized our officers in ...
It all started with a letter to The Times. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in July 1870, Colonel Robert Loyd-Lindsay, a war veteran who had witnessed the suffering of soldiers in the ...
When war broke out between France and Prussia in July 1870, Colonel Loyd-Lindsay (later Lord Wantage ... It gave aid and relief to both warring armies during the Franco-Prussian War and in other wars ...