The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire. August-September, 1870G. Bell, 1887 - 362 sider |
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Side 93
... Hussars found the bridge at Woerth broken , were fired on by guns and riflemen , and saw large bodies in motion , on the heights beyond the stream . Hence it was inferred that the army of MacMahon was in position about Reichshofen , an ...
... Hussars found the bridge at Woerth broken , were fired on by guns and riflemen , and saw large bodies in motion , on the heights beyond the stream . Hence it was inferred that the army of MacMahon was in position about Reichshofen , an ...
Side 144
... Hussars ; but here General Mar- gueritte , sent with his Chasseurs d'Afrique from Metz , drove back the invaders , killing a great number . These examples will suffice to give some idea of the admirable use which the Germans made of ...
... Hussars ; but here General Mar- gueritte , sent with his Chasseurs d'Afrique from Metz , drove back the invaders , killing a great number . These examples will suffice to give some idea of the admirable use which the Germans made of ...
Side 167
... hussars , which had approached Rezonville , captured nine prisoners , and when pursued had got deftly away . The sound of the cannon had attracted the rest of the brigade , and von Redern again moved towards Mars la Tour , and again ...
... hussars , which had approached Rezonville , captured nine prisoners , and when pursued had got deftly away . The sound of the cannon had attracted the rest of the brigade , and von Redern again moved towards Mars la Tour , and again ...
Side 168
... hussars , during the evening , rode towards Rézonville and halted close enough to see Frossard's fantassins cooking their suppers . Mean- time , the Prussian Guard Cavalry , moving north - west from Dieulouard , had placed its advanced ...
... hussars , during the evening , rode towards Rézonville and halted close enough to see Frossard's fantassins cooking their suppers . Mean- time , the Prussian Guard Cavalry , moving north - west from Dieulouard , had placed its advanced ...
Side 180
... Hussars charged down upon him , taking the battery in front and flank . It was here that the Marshal was surrounded , separated for a moment from his staff , and obliged , as he himself says , to " draw his sword . " Two squadrons of ...
... Hussars charged down upon him , taking the battery in front and flank . It was here that the Marshal was surrounded , separated for a moment from his staff , and obliged , as he himself says , to " draw his sword . " Two squadrons of ...
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1st Brig 2nd Brig 7th Corps advance adversary Amanvillers arrived artillery assailants attack Austria battalions batteries battle Bavarians Bazeilles Benedetti Bitsche Brig brigade camp Canrobert cavalry centre Chalons Chassepot combat command Crown Prince Cuirassiers directed Douay Dragoons Duc de Gramont Ducrot Eleventh Corps Emperor Napoleon enemy Failly Fifth Corps fight fire flank Flavigny Forbach forward France French Army front Frossard German Army Givonne Gravelotte ground Guard guns Gunstett head-quarters hills horse horsemen hour Hussars Imperial infantry King William Ladmirault Leboeuf Major-Gen Marshal Bazaine Marshal MacMahon Metz Meuse military Minister Moltke Moselle moved Napoleon III Nouart numbers o'clock officers Paris Pont à Mousson position Prussian railway ravine rear regiments retired retreat Rezonville Rhine road rode Roncourt Saar Saarbrück Saarlouis Sarreguemines Saxon sent side skirmishers soldiers Spicheren squadrons Staff Steinmetz Stenay stood Strasburg tion troops Uhlans Verdun village Vionville Wimpffen Woerth woods Würtemberg