The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents, and Consequences, Volume 2W. Mackenzie, 1870 - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 |
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... walls . In the latter part of the fourteenth century King Charles V. surrounded the new suburbs with a fresh ... wall , which , however , was not intended for military purposes ; and as an open town Paris passed through the storms of the ...
... walls . In the latter part of the fourteenth century King Charles V. surrounded the new suburbs with a fresh ... wall , which , however , was not intended for military purposes ; and as an open town Paris passed through the storms of the ...
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... walls of Paris . " Marmont , desirous of saving the city from ruin and blood - ject , combining the two plans , viz . , to have Paris shed , sent three officers to Prince Schwartzenberg to propose terms . At that moment General Dejean ...
... walls of Paris . " Marmont , desirous of saving the city from ruin and blood - ject , combining the two plans , viz . , to have Paris shed , sent three officers to Prince Schwartzenberg to propose terms . At that moment General Dejean ...
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... wall is a height of 14 mètres in all , or about 46 feet . This is for artillery , & c . , and forms entrenchments for the defenders . The continuous outline of the work is broken by V - shaped projec- tions , the two sides of each of ...
... wall is a height of 14 mètres in all , or about 46 feet . This is for artillery , & c . , and forms entrenchments for the defenders . The continuous outline of the work is broken by V - shaped projec- tions , the two sides of each of ...
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... walls . The smaller gates were blocked up by the banks of earth and strengthened on the inside by palisades . Dams ... wall of fire . Within their protection an army could manœuvre with freedom , or retreat in safety . The actual ...
... walls . The smaller gates were blocked up by the banks of earth and strengthened on the inside by palisades . Dams ... wall of fire . Within their protection an army could manœuvre with freedom , or retreat in safety . The actual ...
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... walls would be burnt , to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy . Huge droves of sheep and cattle arrived ... wall , loopholed for musketry ; and the woods upon the glacis were cut down . The danger to the capital effectually ...
... walls would be burnt , to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy . Huge droves of sheep and cattle arrived ... wall , loopholed for musketry ; and the woods upon the glacis were cut down . The danger to the capital effectually ...
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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...