The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents, and Consequences, Volume 2W. Mackenzie, 1870 - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 |
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... considerable light was thrown upon some of the incidents of this part of our narrative . After describing the causes of the military decadence of France , General Trochu , on the occasion referred to , said that as early as the ...
... considerable light was thrown upon some of the incidents of this part of our narrative . After describing the causes of the military decadence of France , General Trochu , on the occasion referred to , said that as early as the ...
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... considerable number of voltigeurs of the guard were massed . A depu- tation sent in advance to hold a parley with the general in command , informed him that the republic had been proclaimed , and that the people demanded entrance to the ...
... considerable number of voltigeurs of the guard were massed . A depu- tation sent in advance to hold a parley with the general in command , informed him that the republic had been proclaimed , and that the people demanded entrance to the ...
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... considerable discussion both in Eng- utmost to prevent it . But although he shared land and France . The fall of the empire and the the desire of the deputation that bloodshed should proclamation of a republic gave a new character both ...
... considerable discussion both in Eng- utmost to prevent it . But although he shared land and France . The fall of the empire and the the desire of the deputation that bloodshed should proclamation of a republic gave a new character both ...
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... Considerable dissatisfaction was felt at the promptitude with which the French republic was recognized by the United States , and still more by the heartiness of the letter of the Amer- ican minister to Jules Favre . " Mr. Washburne ...
... Considerable dissatisfaction was felt at the promptitude with which the French republic was recognized by the United States , and still more by the heartiness of the letter of the Amer- ican minister to Jules Favre . " Mr. Washburne ...
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... considerable elements of mili- tary power , they were for a time so disorganized that they could offer but a feeble resistance to the advance of the enemy . As yet , however , had fallen ; and Bazaine was still in occupation of Metz ...
... considerable elements of mili- tary power , they were for a time so disorganized that they could offer but a feeble resistance to the advance of the enemy . As yet , however , had fallen ; and Bazaine was still in occupation of Metz ...
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advance Alsace ancient arms Artenay artillery attack Baden Basel battalions batteries battle Bavarian Bazaine besiegers bombardment Bourbaki capital capitulation captured castle cathedral cavalry century Chanzy Chassepots Châteaudun church columns command Constanz corps Count von Bismarck D'Aurelles d'Aurelles de Paladine defence despatch division duke emperor enemy erected feet fight fire force fortifications fortress forts France French army front Gambetta garrison German army grand-duke guns honour houses imperial infantry inhabitants investment Jules Favre king Loire Marshal Marshal Bazaine Mecklenburg ment Metz miles military mobiles morning Moselle national guards night o'clock occupied officers Orleans Paris peace population position Prince Frederick Charles prisoners Prussian railway regiment republic retreat Rhine river road Roman ruins Schaffhausen sent shells side siege soldiers sortie Strassburg surrender TAYLOR INSTITUTION Thiers tion tower town treaty Trochu troops valley Versailles victory village Von der Tann walls Werder wounded
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Page 298 - The negligently grand, the fruitful bloom Of coming ripeness, the white city's sheen, The rolling stream, the precipice's gloom, The forest's growth, and Gothic walls between, The wild rocks shaped as they had turrets been, In mockery of man's art ; and these withal A race of faces happy as the scene, Whose fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though empires near them fall.
Page 182 - That noble, patient, deep, pious, and solid Germany should be at length welded into a nation, and become Queen of the Continent, instead of vapouring, vainglorious, gesticulating, quarrelsome, restless, and over-sensitive France, seems to me the hopefullest public fact that has occurred in my time.
Page 6 - By the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French...
Page 299 - As it flows down from the distant ridges of the Alps, through fertile regions into the open sea, so it comes down from remote antiquity, associated in every age with momentous events in the history of the neighbouring nations.
Page 299 - ... and negotiations of modern times, of the coronations of emperors, whose bones repose by its side ; on whose borders stand the two grandest monuments of the noble architecture of the middle ages ; whose banks present every variety of wild and picturesque rocks, thick forests, fertile plains; vineyards, sometimes gently sloping, sometimes perched among lofty crags, where industry has won a domain among the fortresses of nature; whose banks are ornamented with populous cities, flourishing towns...
Page 79 - Men are not wanting. What has failed us has been a decisive resolution and the consecutive execution of our plans. That which failed us after the shameful capitulation at Sedan was arms. All supplies of this nature had been sent on to Sedan, Metz, and Strasburg, as if, one would think, the authors of our disaster, by a last criminal combination, had desired, at their fall, to deprive us of all means of repairing our ruin.
Page 217 - Seine has not yet arrived, but, as far as our intelligence goes, the general outine of the facts is known. ^] You are authorized, in consequence, to say to Lord Granville that we sincerely regret that our troops, in order to avert immediate danger, were obliged to seize ships which belonged to British subjects. We admit their claim to indemnification, and shall pay to the owners...
Page 260 - We, William, by God's grace, King of Prussia, hereby announce that the German Princes and Free Towns having addressed to us a unanimous call to renew and undertake with the re-establishment of the German Empire the dignity of Emperor...