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Unpublished diaries from soldiers in the Campaign of 1866 are extremely rare. Into Bohemia with the 28th! presents just such a diary, penned by Peter Wilhelm Molitor, an infantryman serving with the 28th Prussian Line Infantry Regiment, based at Aachen, in the Rhineland. In lively and vivid prose, Peter describes mobilisation, the outbreak of war, the Regiment's move to the theatre of war, the advance through Bohemia, and his participation in the epic Battle of Koeniggratz. There are accounts of hard marches, shortages of food and tobacco, the effects of war on the men and the countryside all around them, and much other fascinating and rarely read detail. Handed down through generations of his family, the diary was re-transcribed several times, and parts of the original lost. The text has been carefully reconstructed from the various transcriptions, including the original diary. The original words of Peter are complemented by detailed footnotes and commentary, as well as a gazetteer. This book will be produced in a limited-edition hardback printing of 750 copies, all individually numbered and signed by the editors, Duncan Rogers, and Walter P. Zahl, Peter Molitor's great-grandson. Into Bohemia with the 28th! is complemented by a number of images, new maps, and supplementary information relating to Peter's Regiment, the 28th during the Campaign.

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Duncan Rogers graduated with a degree in history from the University of Warwick in 1995, although has had an interest in military history for as long as he can remember. Over the past 10 years he has specialised in researching, collecting and publishing material related to German and Austrian military history. When not working in military history publishing, he works in the Cotswolds as a psychotherapist.

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