The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire. August-September, 1870G. Bell, 1887 - 362 sider |
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Side ix
... a Retreat . - The Close of the Battle . - 2 . Spicheren . - The Germans Begin the Fight . -The Red Hill Stormed . - Progress of the Action . - Frossard Retires . 74 86 98 CHAPTER VI . PAGE VACILLATION IN METZ . The Emperor.
... a Retreat . - The Close of the Battle . - 2 . Spicheren . - The Germans Begin the Fight . -The Red Hill Stormed . - Progress of the Action . - Frossard Retires . 74 86 98 CHAPTER VI . PAGE VACILLATION IN METZ . The Emperor.
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... hill range of the Vosges , starting from the Ballon d'Alsace , overlooking the Gap of Belfort , runs parallel to the river , and extends in a northerly direc- tion beyond the French boundary , thrusting an irregular mass of uplands deep ...
... hill range of the Vosges , starting from the Ballon d'Alsace , overlooking the Gap of Belfort , runs parallel to the river , and extends in a northerly direc- tion beyond the French boundary , thrusting an irregular mass of uplands deep ...
Side 70
... hill- passes and had emerged in the country between the Sarre and the Meurthe . It has been seen that the available French troops , in- cluding several native and national regiments from Algeria , had been hurried to the frontier in an ...
... hill- passes and had emerged in the country between the Sarre and the Meurthe . It has been seen that the available French troops , in- cluding several native and national regiments from Algeria , had been hurried to the frontier in an ...
Side 76
... hills to behold so vast an array moving out in parade order , to fight a sham battle with real shot and shell , against a dozen companies and six guns . It is not necessary to enter into a detail of this combat ; it is sufficient to say ...
... hills to behold so vast an array moving out in parade order , to fight a sham battle with real shot and shell , against a dozen companies and six guns . It is not necessary to enter into a detail of this combat ; it is sufficient to say ...
Side 77
... hills and woods concealed countless foes . The apprehensions had no solid foundation , since the First Army was not nearer the Saar than Losheim and Wadern , and the only troops in the immediate front of General Frossard were those ...
... hills and woods concealed countless foes . The apprehensions had no solid foundation , since the First Army was not nearer the Saar than Losheim and Wadern , and the only troops in the immediate front of General Frossard were those ...
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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