XXXVI.
French Intervention [348]-356
A foreign squadron, [348]—The pretext and the cause, [348]—Spain and England withdraw, [349]—The policy of Napoleon III., [349]—A proposed empire, [349]—Maximilian, [350]; dreams of "the right divine," [352]—The French troops advance on the capital, [353]—Divisions in Mexico [353]—The Cinco de Mayo, [354]—A bold attack, [355]—Defence of Puebla, [356].