The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire. August-September, 1870G. Bell, 1887 - 362 sider |
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Side 33
... hour of splendour , the sunset of the Empire . Yet the brilliant scenes , which followed each other day by day , were even then flecked with dark shades . If politics were evaded or ignored in the palace , they were not absent from the ...
... hour of splendour , the sunset of the Empire . Yet the brilliant scenes , which followed each other day by day , were even then flecked with dark shades . If politics were evaded or ignored in the palace , they were not absent from the ...
Side 40
... hour , if such choice were allowed . To that end the adversaries had , indeed , applied themselves after the last French failure to obtain any material compensation , not even what M. Rouher called such a rag of territory as Luxemburg ...
... hour , if such choice were allowed . To that end the adversaries had , indeed , applied themselves after the last French failure to obtain any material compensation , not even what M. Rouher called such a rag of territory as Luxemburg ...
Side 47
... hour to hour . A little wearied , per- haps , by the pertinacity of the ambassador , and nettled by the attempt to fix on him the responsibility for the Spanish scheme , the King at length said that he looked every moment for an answer ...
... hour to hour . A little wearied , per- haps , by the pertinacity of the ambassador , and nettled by the attempt to fix on him the responsibility for the Spanish scheme , the King at length said that he looked every moment for an answer ...
Side 51
... hours ; they were divided in opinion ; yet , although Marshal Lebœuf was authorized to call out the reserves - he had threatened to resign unless that were done the Ministers sepa- rated with the understanding that a peaceful line of ...
... hours ; they were divided in opinion ; yet , although Marshal Lebœuf was authorized to call out the reserves - he had threatened to resign unless that were done the Ministers sepa- rated with the understanding that a peaceful line of ...
Side 52
... hour for battle . It so chanced that Marshal Leboeuf , after despatching the orders calling out the reserves , received a note from the Emperor , which , he says , seemed to suggest a regret at the decision adopted by the Council ; and ...
... hour for battle . It so chanced that Marshal Leboeuf , after despatching the orders calling out the reserves , received a note from the Emperor , which , he says , seemed to suggest a regret at the decision adopted by the Council ; and ...
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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