Karl Deuringer

Not much is known about the original author of "The First Battle of the First World War: Alsace-Lorraine"; Google is not helpful. However, we know that Deuringer wrote the original book on which Zuber based his translation. The original German title of the work was "Die Schlacht in Lothringen und in den Vogesen 1914" ("The Battle in Lorraine and The Vosges 1914"). The original book was published by the Bavarian Army Archives. Lorraine was defended by the Sixth Army, which was mostly comprised of Bavarian units, in fact the battle can be said to have been fought on the German side by the Bavarian Army as a consolidated unit. The original work spread over two volumes, in b893 pages with 74 maps. Deuringer focused on decisions taken at Army level and tactical decisions taken at Battalion level.