2-715-239 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Captive Turks at Wörth', 6 August 1870, (1936). 'Gefangene Turkos Bei Wörth, 6 August 1870'. Zouaves (French infantry linked to French North Africa) taken prisoner during the Battle of Reichshoffen (Battle of Wörth). This was the first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War, and was a defeat for the French. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]