The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire. August-September, 1870G. Bell and sons, 1887 - 362 sider |
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Side 73
... rode as far as into Alsace at Niederbronn . It was not until the end of the month that large bodies of cavalry were sent to the front to begin a career de- monstrating afresh , if a demonstration is needed , the in- estimable services ...
... rode as far as into Alsace at Niederbronn . It was not until the end of the month that large bodies of cavalry were sent to the front to begin a career de- monstrating afresh , if a demonstration is needed , the in- estimable services ...
Side 93
... rode forward on the highway , into the Hagenau forest , where he was stopped by a broken bridge guarded by infantry ; but he heard the noise of trains , the whistling of engines , and , of course , inferred the movement of troops ...
... rode forward on the highway , into the Hagenau forest , where he was stopped by a broken bridge guarded by infantry ; but he heard the noise of trains , the whistling of engines , and , of course , inferred the movement of troops ...
Side 105
... rode up , the smoke of Hartmann's guns was visible on one side , and the noise of the skirmishers at Gunstett on the other . order to prevent the French from overwhelming either , it was agreed , there and then , to renew the contest ...
... rode up , the smoke of Hartmann's guns was visible on one side , and the noise of the skirmishers at Gunstett on the other . order to prevent the French from overwhelming either , it was agreed , there and then , to renew the contest ...
Side 106
... rode up to the front and took command . He had ridden out from Soultz at noon , because he plainly heard the sounds of conflict , and on his road had been met by an officer from von Kirchbach , bearing a report which informed the ...
... rode up to the front and took command . He had ridden out from Soultz at noon , because he plainly heard the sounds of conflict , and on his road had been met by an officer from von Kirchbach , bearing a report which informed the ...
Side 111
... rode hardily into the fray , met with a similar fate , and even the fugitives who got into the rear were encountered by a Prussian Hussar regiment , and still further scattered , so that very few ever wandered back into the French lines ...
... rode hardily into the fray , met with a similar fate , and even the fugitives who got into the rear were encountered by a Prussian Hussar regiment , and still further scattered , so that very few ever wandered back into the French lines ...
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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