[147] The Emperor died on January 9.
[148] The Comte de La Chapelle had supported Zola in the Press respecting one of the historical passages in “La Débâcle.”
[149] See the facsimile on the previous page.
[150] Colonel Stoffel’s Reports were published in 1871 under the title, “Rapports Militaires Ecrits de Berlin: 1866-1870.” Paris: Garnier.
[151] The Colonel died in 1907, aged eighty-eight.
[152] M. Émile Ollivier, writing in the “Revue des Deux Mondes” (December 1, 1910), proves that Lebœuf was absolutely accurate when, in July, 1870, he said emphatically, “Nous sommes prêts, archi-prêts” (We are ready—more than ready).
[153] M. Pietri’s deeply-interesting and historically-important letters appeared in the influential and deservedly popular magazine, the “Revue de Paris,” on June 15 and July 1, 1911. I am greatly indebted to the Editor of the “Revue de Paris” for very kindly allowing me to print some extracts from these valuable documents, which are “revelations” in the best sense of the word.
[154] General Trochu, the valiant soldier who deserted the Empress in her great extremity (September, 1870).
[155] Prince Napoleon, father of the Bonapartist Pretender of to-day.
[156] The needle-gun (Zundnadelgewehr), first used by the Prussians in warfare that year (1866) in the Austrian campaign.