The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Campaign of Sedan, by George Hooper

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Transcriber’s Note


BOHN’S STANDARD LIBRARY


THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN


“The policy of your Government will bring you to Jena,” said M. de Moustier to Herr von Bismarck during the Crimean War. “Why not to Waterloo?” was the prompt and prophetic reply.

Wo Kraft und Muth in deutscher Seele flammen.


THE
CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN
THE
DOWNFALL OF THE SECOND EMPIRE
AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1870
BY
GEORGE HOOPER

AUTHOR OF “WATERLOO: THE DOWNFALL OF THE FIRST NAPOLEON: A
HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1815,” ETC.

WITH MAP AND PLANS

LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1909


CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.