The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire. August-September, 1870G. Bell and sons, 1887 - 362 sider |
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Side 60
... battalions far exceeded their normal numerical strength , that is , more men than were summoned presented themselves at the depôts . The whole operation of bringing a great Army from a peace to a war footing , in absolute readiness ...
... battalions far exceeded their normal numerical strength , that is , more men than were summoned presented themselves at the depôts . The whole operation of bringing a great Army from a peace to a war footing , in absolute readiness ...
Side 63
... battalions of infantry , and of course the regiments , were hundreds short of their proper strength . Before a shot had been fired , General de Failly , at Bitsche , was obliged to send a demand for coin to pay the troops , adding notes ...
... battalions of infantry , and of course the regiments , were hundreds short of their proper strength . Before a shot had been fired , General de Failly , at Bitsche , was obliged to send a demand for coin to pay the troops , adding notes ...
Side 64
... battalions , arrived without ammunition and camp equipments . Soldiers , func- tionaries , carts , ovens , provisions , horses , munitions , harness , all had to be sought at the eleventh hour . These facts are recorded in the ...
... battalions , arrived without ammunition and camp equipments . Soldiers , func- tionaries , carts , ovens , provisions , horses , munitions , harness , all had to be sought at the eleventh hour . These facts are recorded in the ...
Side 66
... battalions . He and his advisers were possessed with a feverish desire to be first in the field ; and the Corps were assembled near Metz , Strasburg , and Belfort , with what was called a reserve at Chalons , on the chance that the left ...
... battalions . He and his advisers were possessed with a feverish desire to be first in the field ; and the Corps were assembled near Metz , Strasburg , and Belfort , with what was called a reserve at Chalons , on the chance that the left ...
Side 75
... battalions of foot , several squadrons of horse , and one battery , and the nearest immediate support was some miles to the rear , near Lebach . Colonel von Pestel had held the position from CHAP . III . ] 75 STAGE THUNDER .
... battalions of foot , several squadrons of horse , and one battery , and the nearest immediate support was some miles to the rear , near Lebach . Colonel von Pestel had held the position from CHAP . III . ] 75 STAGE THUNDER .
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1st Brig 2nd Brig 7th Corps advance adversary Amanvillers arrived artillery assailants attack battalions batteries battle Bavarians Bazeilles Benedetti Bismarck 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 le Chesne Lebach Leboeuf Major-Gen Marshal Bazaine Marshal MacMahon Metz Meuse Minister Moltke Moselle moved 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