The Ambulance Irlandais in the Franco-Prussian War
When the Franco-Prussian War (August 1870–February 1871) broke out, the UK (then including Ireland) was officially neutral. Count Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of Prussia, had goaded France into declaring war on 15 July 1870; two months later the French army, led by Marshall MacMahon (whose family came from County Limerick), and Emperor Napoleon surrendered after … Read more