[120] Vīs´en-boorg, 33 miles north-east of Strassburg.
[121] Born 1808; died 1893. He was made duke and field-marshal after saving the day at Magenta (see p. [88]).
[122] Vaert, village, 12 miles south of Weissenburg.
[123] From Algeria (Al-jē´ri-a), African colony of France fronting the Mediterranean Sea, inhabited chiefly by Moors.
[124] Fross-ar, born 1807; died 1875. He had been a colonel in the Crimean War.
[125] Stīn´mets, born 1796; died 1877. Was in command of the Prussian army which gained victories over the Austrians in 1866.
[126] Baz-ane´, born 1811; died 1888. Marshal of France; previously saw service in Algeria, Spain, Italy, Morocco, the Crimea and Mexico. In 1873 he was denounced as a traitor and sentenced to death, but let off with twenty years' imprisonment. In August 1874 he escaped to Madrid, where he died.
[127] Sha-lon, on the Marne, 92 miles east of Paris. The camp (45 sq. m.) is 12 miles north of the town.
[128] Called by the French the battle of Borny; village 2½ miles from Metz.
[129] Vār-dun´, town and fortress of France on right bank of the Meuse; 35 miles by rail west of Metz.