1870 - 71: The Franco-Prussian War

William Howard Russell, War Photographer (1x2)

:

After having cut his teeth in Crimea and India, British journalist William Howard Russell was sent by The Times of London to cover the Franco-Prussian war up close. From the Battle of Bazeilles, in August 1870, until the birth of the German Empire, which was proclaimed at Versailles after the French defeat in January 1871, he saw it all. One of the world's first war photographers, he was an impartial witness to the cruelty of the conflict, inflicted on civilians and soldiers alike.