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The Campaign of Sedan The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870
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- THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN THE DOWNFALL OF THE SECOND EMPIRE AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1870 BY GEORGE HOOPER
- PREFACE.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- French demands for the Rhine.
- Luxemburg.
- An Interlude of Peace.
- The Salzburg Interview.
- The Emperor seeks Allies.
- The Hohenzollern Candidature.
- The French Government and the Chamber.
- CHAPTER II.
- German Mobilization.
- French Mobilization.
- War Methods Contrasted.
- CHAPTER III.
- The Combat at Saarbrück.
- Preparing to go forward.
- Positions on August 4.
- The Moral and Political Forces.
- CHAPTER IV.
- The Combat on the Lauter.
- French Position on the Saar.
- German Position on the Saar.
- CHAPTER V.
- 1.—Woerth.
- The Battle Begins.
- Attack on Woerth.
- Attack on the French right.
- Attack on Elsasshausen.
- MacMahon Orders a Retreat.
- The Close of the Battle.
- 2.—Spicheren.
- The Battle-field.
- The Germans begin the Fight.
- The Red Hill Stormed.
- Progress of the Action.
- Frossard Retires.
- CHAPTER VI.
- The Emperor resigns his command.
- The German Advance.
- The German Cavalry at Work.
- The Germans March on the Moselle.
- CHAPTER VII.
- The French Propose to Move.
- The Battle of Colombey-Nouilly.
- Von Golz Dashes In.
- The End of the Battle.
- The French Retreat.
- The Germans cross the Moselle.
- The Cavalry beyond the Moselle.
- Orders for the Flank March.
- The Emperor Quits the Army.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- Vionville—Mars la Tour.
- The Vionville Battlefield.
- The French are Surprised.
- The Third Corps strikes in.
- Arrival of Bazaine.
- Bredow’s Brilliant Charge.
- The Fight becomes Stationary.
- Arrival of the Tenth Corps.
- The great Cavalry Combat.
- End of the Battle.
- CHAPTER IX.
- Marshal Bazaine.
- The Battlefield of Gravelotte.
- The German Plans.
- The Battle of Gravelotte.
- Prince Frederick Charles at the Front.
- Steinmetz Attacks the French Left.
- Operations by the German Left Wing.
- General Frossard Repels a fresh Attack.
- The last Fights near St. Hubert.
- The Prussian Guard on the Centre and Left.
- The Capture of St. Privat.
- CHAPTER X.
- The King Marches Westward.
- The Cavalry Operations.
- The Emperor at Chalons and Reims.
- MacMahon Retires to Reims.
- The Chalons Army directed on the Meuse.
- CHAPTER XI.
- The Cavalry Discover the Enemy.
- Movements of the French.
- The Marshal Resolves, Hesitates, and Yields.
- Movements of the Germans.
- Effects of MacMahon’s Counter-Orders.
- German and French Operations on the 29th.
- The Combat at Nouart.
- The State of Affairs at Sundown.
- The Battle of Beaumont.
- The Surprise of the 5th Corps.
- The Flight to Mouzon.
- CHAPTER XII.
- The Battle of Noisseville.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- German Decision.
- Confusion in the French Camp.
- The Movements of the Germans.
- The Battlefield of Sedan.
- The Battle of Sedan.
- MacMahon’s Wound and its Consequences.
- Progress of the Battle on the Givonne.
- The March on St. Menges.
- The 11th and 5th Corps engage.
- The Condition of the French Army.
- The French Cavalry Charge.
- General de Wimpffen’s Counterstroke.
- The Emperor and his Generals.
- King William and his Warriors.
- How the Generals Rated each other.
- The Generals Meet at Donchery.
- Napoleon III. Surrenders.
- The French Generals Submit.
- The End.
- APPENDICES.
- INDEX.
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