The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire. August-September, 1870G. Bell and sons, 1887 - 362 sider |
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Side 9
... horse and artillery had not acquired the requisite instruction . So the summer and autumn . of 1865 wore away , revealing the spectacle of King William and Herr von Bismarck battling fiercely with the Parliament , and not so clearly ...
... horse and artillery had not acquired the requisite instruction . So the summer and autumn . of 1865 wore away , revealing the spectacle of King William and Herr von Bismarck battling fiercely with the Parliament , and not so clearly ...
Side 60
... Horses were bought , called in , or requisitioned , and transport was obtained . As all the wants of a complete Corps had been ascer- tained and provided beforehand , so they came when demanded . At the critical moment the supreme ...
... Horses were bought , called in , or requisitioned , and transport was obtained . As all the wants of a complete Corps had been ascer- tained and provided beforehand , so they came when demanded . At the critical moment the supreme ...
Side 61
... horse , infantry , in complete fighting trim , backed up by enormous trains- should have been brought to specified places on specified days , almost exactly in fulfilment of a scheme reasoned out and drawn up two years before . The ...
... horse , infantry , in complete fighting trim , backed up by enormous trains- should have been brought to specified places on specified days , almost exactly in fulfilment of a scheme reasoned out and drawn up two years before . The ...
Side 64
... horses , munitions , harness , all had to be sought at the eleventh hour . These facts are recorded in the despairing telegrams sent from the front to the War Office . The very Marshal who had described France as " archi - prête , " in ...
... horses , munitions , harness , all had to be sought at the eleventh hour . These facts are recorded in the despairing telegrams sent from the front to the War Office . The very Marshal who had described France as " archi - prête , " in ...
Side 65
... horses— they were without hospital attendants , workmen , and train . As to the magazines of Belfort — they were empty . " In the land of centralization General Douay was obliged to send a staff and several men to Paris , with ...
... horses— they were without hospital attendants , workmen , and train . As to the magazines of Belfort — they were empty . " In the land of centralization General Douay was obliged to send a staff and several men to Paris , with ...
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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