3-074-582 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Imperial Crown Princess of Germany at the German Army Manoeuvres, 1883. 'The troops assembled [on the historic battle-field of Rossbach] were those of the 4th Army Corps, under the command of General Blumenthal...Our front-page Engraving shows the Imperial Crown Princess of Germany, Princess Royal of Great Britain, as she appeared on the field, in her black uniform of the Hussar Regiment of which her Imperial Highness is titular colonel...The assembled force comprised thirteen regiments of infantry, six of cavalry (one each of Prussian Dragoons and Uhlans, two of Hussars, and two of Hessian Dragoons), and three of field artillery, or a total of thirty-six battalions, thirty squadrons, and 108 guns, with the appertaining forces of pioneers and train, and detachments of commissariat, ammunition, and ambulances, in all about 25,000 men, in full fighting order'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.