[ CHAPTER X.]

THE STATE OF THE GAME, AND THE NEW MOVES.

The King Marches Westward—The Cavalry Operations—The Emperor at Chalons and Reims—MacMahon retires to Reims—The Chalons Army Directed on the Meuse

[ CHAPTER XI].

THE GRAND RIGHT WHEEL.

The Cavalry Discover the Enemy—Movements of the French—The Marshal Resolves, Hesitates, and Yields—Movements of the Germans—Effects of MacMahon’s Counter-orders—German and French Operations on the 29th—The Combat at Nouart—The State of Affairs at Sundown—The Battle of Beaumont—The Surprise of the Fifth Corps—The Flight to Mouzon

[ CHAPTER XII.]

METZ AND STRASBURG.

The Battle of Noisseville

[ CHAPTER XIII.]