German artillery destroyed all three Strasbourg libraries in 1870

Evidence

On the night of 24 August 1870, all three libraries were completely destroyed by incendiary bombs fired by German artillery. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 737

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 737
• XREF: connects to: Nazi book policy combined total destruction with systematic collection — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 754