The Times, October 25, 1871. Translation of Prince Bismarck’s Reply to Count Benedetti’s “Mission en Prusse.”
La Politique Française en 1866. Par G. Rothan.
L’Affaire du Luxembourg: le prélude de la Guerre de 1870. Par G. Rothan.
Les Coulisses de la Diplomatie. Quinze Ans à l’Etranger. 1864–1879. Par Jules Hansen.
Revue des Deux Mondes. Avril, 1878; and 1886–7.
Papers presented to Parliament Respecting the War between France and Germany, 1870.
INDEX.
- Abbatucci’s brigade at Woerth, [115].
- Abzac, Colonel d’, [252].
- Aillicourt, [293].
- Aire, river, [248].
- Aisne, river, [232], [242], [248], [249], [264], [277];
- the Guard on the, at Triaucourt, [232];
- canal, Meuse and, [251].
- Albrecht, Archduke of Austria, [34], [64].
- Albrecht of Prussia, Prince, [115].
- Albrechtshaüser, farm (Woerth), [107].
- Algeria, regiments from, [68].
- Algerians, native, [84].
- Alsace, [68];
- small German party enters, [70];
- [84], [90];
- and Lorraine, [96];
- effect of blows struck in, [232].
- [235];
- Alten, Major von, [323].
- Alvensleben I., General von, [267], [268].
- Alvensleben II., Lieut.-General von, at Spicheren, [121];
- “the fiery” directs attack (Vionville), [172], [176]–178, [186], [187].
- Amanvillers (Gravelotte battle), French position, [193], [195], [196];
- [198], [199], [201], [207], [208], [218], [220]–225, [228];
- gallant charge of 3rd Brigade at, [220];
- railway from, to Habonville, [202].
- Amagne, [293].
- Amiel’s, General, Cavalry at Sedan, [296].
- Andigné, Colonel d’, [304], [305].
- Ardennes, the German Armies in the, [265]–273.
- Argancy and Antilly, German reinforcements at, [281].
- Argonne, the, [245].
- Army of Chalons, the, composition of, [235], [236], [241];
- position of, [276], [285], [290], [307];
- its end, [336].
- Army, French, condition of, at beginning of war, [59], [60], [61], [62];
- after Saarbrück, [76];
- movements towards the Meuse, [257]–261;
- returns to Metz camps, losses at Noisseville, [281];
- disorder in retreat on Sedan, [273]–274, [286]–287;
- position of, in Sedan, [296], [297];
- confused accounts of retreat, [302];
- three Commanders of, in three hours, [303];
- condition of, [310];
- surrenders, [336].
- Army, German, turned north-west, [245];
- facing north, [264], [267];
- pursues in running fight, [273].
- Army, German, First, as pivot, [138];
- also, [142], [144], [165].
- Army, German, Second, and First, all available men in motion, [190].
- Army, German, Third, Bavarians of, at Triaucourt, [254];
- movements of, [255], [256].
- Army, MacMahon’s, between Rhetel and Vouziers, [243].
- Army of the Meuse (German), composition of, [230];
- moving, [232], [233];
- movements of, [254], [255], [256];
- positions and losses, [274], [275].
- Army, Prussian, reform, [4], [5], [6].
- Army of the Rhine (French), positions at Spicheren, [117];
- retired westward of Metz, [188];
- facing Paris, [193];
- retires to Metz, [226], [228];
- reasons for defeat of, [229];
- in Metz, [285].
- Arndt, the spirit of, [2].
- Arry, village, [165].
- Ars, village on the Moselle, [177], [191], [193], [215];
- road from, to Jussy, troops on, [211].
- Ars-Laquenexy, village, [151].
- Artillery, duel at Beaumont, [270];
- clever withdrawal of Failly’s, [270];
- French and German, [312], [313];
- German, at Noisseville, [281];
- effect of, [299];
- German, grand but disastrous conduct of, [201];
- Steinmetz’s attack with, [212], [213].
- Attigny on the Aisne, [234], [249], [251], [293].
- Aube, river, [247].
- Auboué, [208], [210].
- Auerswald, Colonel von, [182], [183].
- Austria, and the Italian question, [12];
- refuses Conference, [12];
- crushed by Prussia, excluded from Germany, [13];
- irritated as well as humbled, [16];
- requests Diet to call out Federal Corps, [12].
- Austrian Emperor, Francis Joseph, and Schleswig-Holstein, [6], [7], [9];
- meets Napoleon III. at Salzburg, [33], [34];
- Napoleon III. appeals to, [160].
- Aymard, General, [280].
- Aymard’s division of Decaen’s Corps at Colombey, [156], [161];
- at Vionville, [180].
- Balan, [298], [305], [306];
- and Bazeilles, Germans hold, [310];
- the Emperor watching fight near, [311];
- Wimpffen’s effort at, [316], [317], [324].
- Ban St. Martin (Metz), Bazaine’s fatal despatch from, [241].
- Banthéville, [257];
- Guards at, [259].
- Bar le Duc, King at, 25th Aug., [233];
- German head-quarters, [243], [247];
- council at, [254], [255], [256].
- Baraque Mouton, farmstead, Germans take, [126].
- Barby, General von, [163], [164];
- at Mars la Tour, [180], [183], [184].
- Barail, Du, at Conflans, [164];
- at Mars la Tour, [183], [184].
- Barnekow, General von, [121], [185].
- Basle, [70].
- Bataille, General, at Spicheren, [120], [123], [126];
- at Vionville, [171], [173], [174].
- Bavarians in Bazeilles, [298], [299].
- Bayon on the Upper Moselle, [163].
- Bayonville, [259], [264].
- Bazaine, Marshal, ordered to occupy Saarbrück, [72], [73], [74], [92], [93];
- at Spicheren, [116];
- fears being turned, [118], [124];
- has three divisions within nine miles, [129];
- to protect Frossard, [134], [138], [140];
- promoted over six Marshals, [145], [146];
- takes command, [147];
- head-quarters at Borny, [148];
- unable to retreat over Moselle, protects retreat, [149];
- slightly hurt at Colombey-Nouilly, [157];
- retreat of Army, [159]–168;
- roused by cannonade, [171];
- at Vionville, [175], [176], [177], [180], [185];
- at Gravelotte, [188];
- motives examined, [192];
- military theory, [193];
- retires to strong position, [193];
- misjudgment of, [196];
- battle of Gravelotte and retreat on Metz, [199]–227;
- incapable of retrieving previous errors, [228];
- suspicions against, not justified, [229], [230];
- leaves MacMahon free to act, [239];
- anxiety to relieve, [240];
- his fatal despatch, [241], [242], [252], [253];
- in Metz, [276]–278, [281], [282].
- Bazeilles, village, [287];
- terrible combats in, [293]–306.
- Beaumont, [251], [257];
- 5th Corps at, [261];
- Failly reaches, [263]–266;
- Failly surprised at, [267]–271;
- retreat with running fight, [273];
- Germans in front of, [274].
- Beauclair, village, [258], [262].
- Beaufort, [262].
- Belgian frontier, the, [245];
- French Army pressed against, [285], [292], [295], [296], [297].
- Belgium, French, and Prussian proposals, [22];
- French to be followed into, if not disarmed, [286], [297].
- Belfort, [62], [64], [84], [93], [235], [236];
- fortress untaken, Sept. 1st, [283].
- Bellecroix, [141], [152], [160].
- Belval, [261], [262], [267].
- Benedetti, M. de, French Ambassador, and Bismarck, [10], [12], [19], [20], [21];
- goes to Ems, [42];
- interviews with King, [44]–48.
- Bennigsen, Herr von, asks question about Luxemburg, [26].
- Berlin, [1], [2], [3];
- political conflict in, [6], [8];
- Council in, [9], [12];
- King and Bismarck return to, [13];
- King reaches, [52];
- head-quarters still at, [69].
- Bernecourt, [189].
- Beust, Count von, Saxon Minister, makes proposals, [11];
- as Austrian Chancellor, [33].
- Bibesco, Prince Georges, cited, [62];
- about Douay, [258];
- Cuirassiers on flooded bridge, [274], [311];
- description of Sedan, [321].
- Bismarck, Count Otto von, chosen to advise the King, [3];
- experience at St. Petersburg, [4];
- dealings with Prussian Parliament, [4];
- and Polish Insurrection, 1864, [8];
- Convention of Gastein, [8];
- and Parliament, [8];
- and Austrian protection, [9];
- and Benedetti, [10];
- Nikolsburg, secret military treaties with S. German States, [14], [15];
- foundation of German Unity, [16];
- view of Napoleon III., [17], [18];
- and Benedetti’s demand for left bank of Rhine, [20], [21];
- and Belgium, [22];
- and Luxemburg, [25];
- prints Bavarian secret treaty, [25];
- answers Bennigsen, [26];
- retrospect on Luxemburg question, [29], [30];
- with Moltke in Paris, 1867, [32];
- utilizes Salzburg meeting to rouse German feeling, [34], [35];
- desires to avoid war, [37];
- publishes account of Ems meeting, [47];
- meets King William at railway, [52];
- saying to Benedetti on Napoleon’s dynasty, [134];
- on King’s staff at Malmaison, [214];
- seen by Dr. Russell at Bar le Duc, [255], [256];
- former hunting in Ardennes, [266];
- sends to German Minister at Brussels, [285];
- described by Russell, [322];
- influence on terms of settlement, [327]–330;
- meeting with Emperor, [331], [332].
- Bismarck, Counts Herbert and William, [183].
- Bitsche, fortress, commanding pass in the Vosges, [67], [70], [76], [93], [96],
- 97, [99], [114], [115], [116], [143];
- still untaken Sept. 1st, [283].
- Blumenthal, General von, at Woerth battle, [115], [234], [248];
- carries Chantrenne farm, [200];
- at Bar le Duc, in favour of northern march, [254], [255];
- forecasts French fate, [255];
- at conference of Chémery, [295];
- with Crown Prince at Sedan, [322], [326].
- Bois Chevalier, [300].
- Bois les Dames, De Failly goes to, [259].
- Bois de la Cusse, [195];
- Hessians attack through, [202], [206];
- fighting in, [219], [221].
- Bois de la Garenne, [295], [306];
- wandering battalions in, [312].
- Bois de Genivaux, French in, [194], [196];
- German attack on, [205];
- French in, [206], [207], [211], [214].
- Bois des Ognons (Vionville), [177], [185].
- Bois de Vaux, [193], [194], [204];
- attack from feared, [211], [218];
- and forest of Jaumont, tract between, [228].
- Bois de Vionville, [169], [171], [173].
- Bois St. Arnould, [169], [171].
- Bonie, Colonel, [313].
- Bonnemain’s, General de, cavalry charge at Woerth, [112];
- cavalry at Sedan, [296];
- appeal to, by Ducrot, [313].
- Bonnemain’s brigade to Les Grands Armoises, [258];
- to Raucourt, [261].
- Bonnemain’s division, [249], [251];
- Cuirassiers crossing Meuse, [274].
- Bordas, General, [249].
- Bordes, Fort des (Metz), [150]; [152].
- Borny, [148], [149], [150], [152], [153], [155], [158], [160], [191].
- Bose, General von, [104];
- at Woerth, [110], [111], [113].
- Boucheporn, [79].
- Boulay, [139].
- Boult-aux-Bois, [258], [259].
- Bouillon, road to, northern exit from Sedan, [296], [306].
- Bourbaki, General de, at Vionville, [185];
- at Gravelotte, [214], [221], [223], [224], [225].
- Bouzonville, [79].
- Brahaut’s, General de, Cavalry, [234], [256], [262].
- Brandenburg, Infantry at Vionville, [174], [179].
- Bredow, General von, [163], [164];
- at Vionville, his brilliant Cavalry charge, [178];
- his brigade, [180].
- Brême d’or, farmhouse, Germans take, [126].
- Brieulles sur Bar, [251], [256].
- Briey, [166], [187];
- road to, [195];
- Germans on roads by, [240], [246].
- Brincourt, General, brigade of Guards at Colombey, [153];
- brigade, [215].
- Bruch-Mühle, [101], [102].
- Bruville, [184];
- French position after Vionville, [186];
- outposts, [190].
- Buchy, [143], [155].
- Buddenbrock, General von, captures Vionville, [173].
- Budritzky’s troops, [221].
- Bülow, General von, with batteries at Vionville, [172].
- Buzancy, [245];
- French in, [248], [249], [250];
- German and French Cavalry skirmish, [256], [257], [259], [260], [264];
- King William and staff watch Beaumont fight from, [269];
- German head-quarters, [291].
- Busch, Dr. Moritz, cited, on Sedan, [321], [323];
- on Bismarck and the Emperor, [331], [333].
- Buxières, village, [171], [173].
- Cadenbronn, [117].
- Cambriels, infantry commander at Beaumont, ordered back by MacMahon, [270].
- Camp de Misère, le, in the loop of Meuse, [336].
- Canrobert, Marshal, [68], [93];
- at Chalons, [134], [135], [145];
- on the Moselle, [148];
- over Moselle, [149], [153];
- halted at Rezonville, [161];
- position before Vionville, [169];
- his brigade recedes, [174];
- recapture of Vionville and Flavigny, [177];
- intrenching tools left at Chalons, [196];
- evidence on patrols, Bazaine trial, [199];
- his phrase about German “tirailleurs d’artillerie,” [201];
- his cannon and infantry, [203];
- extreme French right, [207];
- outposts discovered, [210];
- borrows from Ladmirault, [215];
- looks for help from Bazaine, [223], [224];
- retreat, [225];
- to Metz, [226];
- commands Mobiles, [236], [237], [278];
- at Noisseville, [280], [281], [300].
- Canrobert’s Corps, [141];
- at Vionville, [180];
- 6th Corps, [195];
- Cavalry, [233], [235].
- Capitulation of Sedan, the text drawn up by Head-Quarter Staff (German),
- 330.
- Carignan, road to, eastern way out of Sedan, [296], [297];
- Emperor vanishes from, [287];
- Guard cavalry take, [291], [301], [303];
- Wimpffen proposes to retreat on, [315].
- Carling, Steinmetz at, [139].
- Castagny, General de, misled (Spicheren), [129];
- did his best but was too late, [130];
- slightly hurt at Colombey-Nouilly, [157];
- at Vernéville, [161].
- Castelnau, Count, at Donchery, [326];
- interposes, [329];
- with Emperor, [331].
- Causes of the war, summary of, [52], [53], [54].
- Cavalry combat at Mars la Tour, [183], [184].
- Cavalry, French, its traditions, charge at Woerth, [108];
- movements of, [249];
- positions at Sedan, [296];
- charge at Sedan, [313], [314], [315].
- Cavalry, German, over the Saar, [118];
- at work, [139], [140], [141];
- watchfulness of, [150];
- activity beyond Moselle, [163], [164], [165];
- movements, [247], [248], [250], [256], [257];
- value of cavalry, [259];
- close on French rear, [263];
- operations of, [233], [234], [291].
- Cazal, [310];
- defended by Liébert, [315], [316];
- Germans in, [317].
- Cerçay, M. Router’s château of, papers found in, [21].
- Chagny, [251], [257].
- Chalons, reserve at, [64];
- Canrobert still at, [93], [134], [135];
- MacMahon and subordinates retire on, [136], [141], [143], [144];
- railway to, [189];
- roads towards, [192];
- French Army driven to, [230], [232], [233];
- camp at, [234], [235], [236];
- new army, dangers of, [240], [244], [245];
- camp, [247];
- army of, [264].
- Chamber, the French, sanctions war, [15];
- speeches in, [246].
- Chambière, Isle, [160], [278], [279].
- Champenois, farm, garrisoned, [200], [202], [207];
- stormed and taken, [211].
- Changarnier, General, remarks on Bazaine’s reported words, [228].
- Chantrenne, farm, musketry from, carried, [200];
- Germans in, [202], [205], [207].
- Charles, Prince Frederick, of Prussia, commanding Second Army, [69];
- change of orders, [70];
- on the march, [78], [79];
- [158], [165];
- at Vionville, [170], [171];
- arrives from Pont à Mousson, [179], [180];
- and Voigts-Rhetz at Flavigny, [182];
- [188], [190];
- general order issued to, [197];
- instructs Manstein, [198];
- rides to sound of battle at Gravelotte, [202], [203], [207], [219];
- in command of investing Army, [231];
- intercepts letter, [244];
- [278], [281].
- Charles of Lorraine, Prince, in Prague, [229].
- Charmes, [233].
- Chassepot rifle, effect at Mentana, [36].
- Château d’Aubigny, [151], [152], [280].
- Château de Bellevue, German head-quarters, Emperor at,
- Capitulation signed at, [335].
- Château Salins, [140], [143].
- Châtel St. Germain, [161];
- deep defile, [195];
- Guard at, [207].
- Chaumont, [233];
- railway station books, [234], [236].
- Chémery, village, [143];
- conference of Moltke and Generals, [295].
- Chevreau, M. de, Minister of Interior, [233], [238].
- Chieulles and Vany, [280], [281].
- Chiers, the, [275], [287];
- bridges on, [292];
- passage over, [294].
- Cissey, General de, at Colombey, [153], [155];
- Vionville, [181];
- brigades, [182];
- Gravelotte, [220].
- Clérambault, General de, at Vionville, [184].
- Clermont in Argonne, [232], [254].
- Cochery, M., [43].
- Coffinières, General, Governor of Metz, [147], [148].
- Cologne Gazette, Ems telegram published in, [47], [48].
- Colombey, village, [150]–157, [278].
- Colombey-Nouilly, battle of, [150], [152]–159;
- with Vionville, and Gravelotte, battles, consequences of, [229].
- Commercy, [232];
- important French despatches captured, [233].
- Conference project, Napoleon’s, [11], [12].
- Conflans, [159], [164], [166], [191].
- Conseil-Dumesnil, General, at Woerth, [99];
- his men, [106];
- his division, [266], [271].
- Contenson, Colonel, killed in charge at Mouzon, [273].
- Convention of Gastein, defined by Bismarck, [8].
- Courcelles, [117];
- Chaussy, [162];
- Sur Nied, [162], [165].
- Craushaar’s brigade, [211].
- Crimean War, effect on relations of Russia and Prussia, [2].
- Crown Prince of Prussia, Frederick William, commands Third Army, [69];
- at Spires, [70];
- leads advance, [76], [77];
- at the Klingbach, [79];
- on the Lauter, [84];
- attacks Wissembourg, [86];
- checks pursuit, [89];
- position after, [91];
- before Woerth, [96], [99];
- August 6th, [103], [104], [115];
- [139], [159], [232], [241];
- his Cavalry near the Aube, [247];
- at Bar le Duc, [254], [255];
- to Ste. Menehould, [259];
- ordered to attack at Sedan, [285];
- his operations, [292];
- at Chémery, [294], [295], [297];
- directs troops to Mézières road, [307];
- his officers described by Russell, [322];
- conference with King, [323].
- Custines, village, [158].
- Czar of Russia, the, more than friendly, [16];
- his Eastern designs, [17].
- Daigny, bridge at, over Givonne, [293];
- Germans fall back at, [304];
- succeed at, [305].
- Damvillers, [246], [256];
- plan of abandoned, [257].
- David, M. Jérôme, [49], [81].
- Decaen, General, commanding 3rd Corps, [136];
- at French Centre, 148–151;
- his four divisions at Colombey, [153];
- mortally wounded, [157].
- Declaration of War, [1], [52].
- Delme, [143].
- Despatches, important French, captured, [233].
- Diet of Frankfort, [12].
- Dieulouard, [141], [142], [143], [158], [163], [164], [189].
- Doering, Major-General von, at Spicheren, [121];
- killed at Vionville, [173].
- Dombasle, [232], [254], [256].
- Dom le Mesnil, [295], [307].
- Donchery, failure to blow up bridge at, [289];
- Germans prepare to pass Meuse at, [290], [293], [295], [300];
- bridge, [307];
- meeting of generals at, scene, [326], [327]–330, [331], [336].
- Doncourt, [177];
- hills, [180].
- Douay, General Abel, divisional commander, [84], [85];
- killed at Wissembourg, [86], [87], [88].
- Douay, General Félix, Chief of 7th Corps, [68], [131], [144];
- movements of, [249], [250];
- ordered to move on the Meuse, [258];
- to cross it, “coúte que coúte,” [271], [274], [276];
- occupies Floing and Illy, [290];
- shelled, [308], [309];
- Wimpffen and, [311], [312], [313], [316];
- and the Capitulation, [319].
- Douzy, village, Ducrot’s corps at, [286], [287];
- Saxons pass, [291];
- and hold bridge, [292].
- Drouyn de Lhuys, M., Foreign Minister, [16]–20.
- Ducrot, General, divisional commander, [84];
- at Woerth, [98], [99], [106], [110];
- begins to retire, [113];
- complains of scarcity, [243]; [276];
- Emperor in camp of, [286];
- urges Emperor to go to Sedan, [287];
- fired into, [291];
- holds the Givonne, [296];
- takes command of Army, [300];
- superseded by
- Wimpffen, [301], [302];
- operations, [303], [304];
- disputes, [311], [312];
- appeal to cavalry, [313], [315], [316];
- his description of interior of Sedan, [319];
- altercation with Wimpffen, [316], [317], [325].
- Dumont, General, division commander of Douay’s corps, [144];
- sent after Bordas, [250];
- at Beaumont, [271].
- Dun, on the Meuse, [247], [257], [259], [262].
- Dürrenbach, [107].
- Duvernois, Clement, [49], [81]. Eberbach, village, [98], [106], [107], [108], [109], [110];
- stream, [107]; [110].
- Elbe Duchies, the, taken from the Dane, [7].
- Elsasshausen, French right, [98], [106], [107];
- German attack on, [110], [111];
- set on fire, [112].
- Emperor. See Napoleon.
- Empress of the French, Eugénie, fatal conduct in politics, [81];
- made Regent, [137], [235]–239;
- Napoleon’s telegram, [335].
- England, irritated by Mexican adventure, [32].
- Epinal, [131].
- Erize la Petite, [254].
- Etain, [165], [246].
- Failly, de, General, commander of 5th Corps, [61], [73];
- at Saarbrück, [74], [92];
- fluctuating, [96], [97];
- joins MacMahon after Woerth, [116];
- Spicheren, [117];
- halts, [131];
- to Nancy, [134];
- counter-ordered, [135], [138], [144];
- troops, [233];
- in twenty trains, [234];
- movements, [256], [258], [259];
- MacMahon’s despatches to, captured, [260], [261];
- action at Nouart, [262], [263];
- in the Ardennes, [266];
- camp at Beaumont attacked, [268];
- repels attack and retires, [269], [270], [273];
- [285], [288].
- Failly, village, [278], [279], [280], [281].
- Faulquemont, [139];
- Emperor visited by Bazaine at, [140].
- Faure, General, [252], [319];
- at Donchery, [326].
- Favre, M. Jules, [52], [81].
- Fenestrange, [144].
- Flanville, [280], [281].
- Flavigny (Vionville), [171], [173];
- taken by Germans, [174], [176].
- Fleigneux, [306], [307], [309].
- Flize, Würtembergers engage Vinoy’s outposts at, [293], [295].
- Floing, north-west face of French position, at Sedan, [290], [296];
- Germans in, [308], [309], [313].
- Forbach, [79], [94], [117], [118], [119], [122], [123]; [128], [129], [130], [137], [138], [139].
- Forbacherberg, [126], [127].
- Forton, General de, [163];
- falls back on Vionville, [164], [168], [169];
- want of patrols, [171];
- returns cavalry charge, [178].
- France, General de, [166], [183].
- François, General von, at Spicheren, [122], [124].
- Fransecky, General von, at Gravelotte, [204], [217].
- Francheval, [287], [291], [300], [306].
- Frederick II., the Great, his Manstein, [199];
- compared, [229].
- Frederick William IV., [2].
- French Court, the, projects of, [21].
- French, the, propose to move, [147];
- unable to cross Moselle, [148], [149];
- retreat after Colombey, [159];
- surprised by artillery (Vionville), [170];
- advance, [214];
- counter-stroke at Floing, [310].
- French prisoners sent to Germany, [336].
- French Generals, examples of two fatal errors, [147];
- meeting to consider Capitulation, [324], [325].
- Frénois, German battery in, fires on Vinoy, [289];
- batteries at, alarm French railway officials, [292];
- batteries on, to give signal to renew, [323], [324].
- Fresne, [165].
- Froeschwiller, MacMahon’s position, [98], [102], [106], [107];
- road to, [110]; [112];
- Raoult wounded at, [113];
- captured, [114].
- Frossard, General, at Saarbrück, [73], [74], [75];
- takes position at Forbach, [93], [94];
- on the Saar, [116]–118;
- disposition of troops, [120];
- impressed, [123], [126];
- retires, [128], [129], [130], [131], [134];
- crosses Moselle, [148], [149], [153];
- at Rezonville, [161];
- failure of patrols, [168];
- at Vionville, [169];
- retreat, [175], [176];
- field-works, [192], [195], [196];
- outposts begin, Gravelotte, [197], [200];
- strong position, [206]–217;
- reserves, [226];
- at Noisseville, [279].
- Frossard’s Corps, [159], [170], [171], [185], [194].
- Furia Francese, [314].
- Galgenberg, the (Spicheren), [120].
- Galliffet, General de, charges at St. Menges, [308], [309];
- charges with Chasseurs d’Afrique, [313].
- Gambetta, M., speaks against war, [51], [81].
- Garenne, the, [315].
- Gayl, General von, turns Aymard out of Servigny, [280].
- German military system considered—its risks, [97];
- mobilization—Prussian, [56], [57];
- S. German, [58].
- Germans, movements of about Sedan, [290]–295, [310].
- German unity, foundation of, [14], [16].
- General Staff, the Prussian, brain of the Army, [5].
- Germonville, [256].
- Gersdorf, Lieut.-Gen. von, [307].
- George of Saxony, Prince, sent down the Orne, [208];
- ordered to sweep round French right, [211].
- Giffert Wald, the (Spicheren), [123]–129.
- Girard, General, killed in cavalry charge, [315].
- Girardin, M. St. Marc, estimate of Napoleon, [18].
- Givodeau, Wood of, [270].
- Givonne, the stream, [287], [293], [295];
- held by Lebrun’s and Ducrot’s corps, [296];
- battle on the, [298]–304;
- in German hands, [310], [315]–317.
- Givonne, Fond de, and village, [295], [306]–311.
- Glablenz, Austrian Field-Marshal in Holstein, [12].
- Glümer, Lieut.-General von, at Colombey, [153].
- Gneisenau, Major-Gen. von, [74], [75], [76];
- his brigade failed to surprise Thionville, [158], [159];
- his brigade sent on by Goeben, [212].
- Gnügge, Captain, his battery at St. Hubert, [213].
- Goeben, General von, at Spicheren, supports Kameke, [121];
- takes command, sends in reserves, [125];
- at Gravelotte, attacks to employ French left, [205];
- Steinmetz talks to, [212].
- Goersdorf, [104].
- Golz, Major-General Baron von, [129];
- attacks French retreat, and begins Colombey-Nouilly battle, [150];
- without orders, [152], [154], [155];
- [215], [218], [278].
- Gondrecourt, General, [184], [225];
- village, [232].
- Gortschakoff, Prince, and the Treaty of Paris, [36].
- Gorze, village, [169], [171], [177], [179], [185], [190].
- Gothard, St., railway, a menace to France, [40].
- Govone, General, Italian envoy to Berlin, [10], [11].
- Goze, General, [91].
- Gramont, Duc de, Minister for Foreign Affairs, sends Benedetti to Ems, [42];
- speech in Chamber, [43];
- presses demands, [45];
- [46], [53], [54].
- Gramont, General de, [170], [178].
- Grand Pré, village, [243], [247], [248], [249], [250], [256], [264].
- Granville, Lord, attempts at compromise, [47].
- Gravelotte, French Army directed towards, [159];
- [169], [171], [177], [191];
- battle-field described, [193], [194], [195];
- French position, [196], [199];
- [204], [206];
- German position, [206];
- Goeben and Steinmetz at, [212];
- darkness ends fight at St. Hubert, [217];
- course of battle, [218]–223;
- numbers and losses on both sides, [226], [227];
- [229].
- Gravelotte, Bazaine’s account of, [241].
- Gravelotte, defile, road across, [212], [213].
- Gravelotte, road from, to Verdun, [168], [169];
- road out of Metz, [159].
- Gravelotte battle, various names for, [228].
- Great Staff, German, leaves Berlin with King, [70];
- at Mainz, [77];
- [142], [188];
- surprised at MacMahon’s eastward march, [244].
- Grenier, General, his division, [149];
- at Colombey, [153], [154];
- at Vionville, [180], [181].
- Greyère, farm, [181], [185], [186].
- Grigy, [155].
- Grimont, farm, [151];
- Bazaine consults generals at, [277].
- Grimont, Bois de, [279].
- Grouchy, Le Capitaine Marquis de, despatches captured, [260].
- Grossbliedersdorf, [79].
- Guard, French, [215].
- Guard, Prussian, and Saxon at Gravelotte, [209]–227.
- Guard, losses at St. Privat, [227].
- Gueblange, [139].
- Gunstett, Uhlans cross Sauer at, [91];
- (Woerth), [100], [103], [106], [107], [109].
- Habonville, [195], [202], [203], [206];
- Guard at, [208], [210].
- Hagenau, [84], [85], [89], [100], [115].
- Ham, [79].
- Hanover, King of, with Austria and the Bund, [9], [13].
- Han sur Nied, [163].
- Hapsburg-Lorraine, House of, [161].
- Harricourt, [258].
- Harskirchen, [139].
- Hartmann, General Ritter von, at Woerth, [100], [102], [105], [106], [112];
- cavalry, [212].
- Hasse, Captain, Battery at St Hubert, [213].
- Hatzfeldt, Count, [323].
- Heiltz l’Evêque, [232].
- Hellimer, [139].
- Helmuth, Captain, [272], [273].
- Helvig, Captain Hugo, on French position, [99].
- Henry, Prince, Governor of Luxemburg, [24].
- Herny, [143];
- King and Staff at, [162].
- Hesse Darmstadt, included in the Prussian military system, [14].
- Hesse, Prince Louis of, Lieut.-General commanding Hessian division, [72];
- at Vionville, [186];
- holds Bois de la Cusse, [202];
- at Noisseville, [280].
- Hesse, Grand Duke of, [72].
- Hessians at Amanvillers, [220], [221].
- Hochwald, [100], [113].
- Hohenzollern, Candidature of Prince Leopold of,
- for the crown of Spain, [41], [42];
- withdrawn, [45].
- Holland, King of, discloses the designs on Luxemburg, [25].
- Holstein-Schleswig, [7].
- Hungary and Austria, [10].
- House of Belgian weaver, meeting of Napoleon and Bismarck, [332].
- House of Commons, English, averse to war, [7].
- Iges, peninsula on the Meuse, [295].
- Illy, village, [287], [308], [312], [313].
- Illy, Calvaire d’, [290];
- French position, [295], [296], [306], [308], [310], [312];
- Germans reach, [313].
- Ingweiler, [115].
- Investment of Bazaine, troops for, [230].
- Iron Cross, The Order of the, restored, [70].
- Isle Chambière, Ladmirault crossing at, [160].
- Italian Kingdom created, [6].
- Italy, Victor Emmanuel, King of, Napoleon appeals to, [160].
- Jägers save railway viaduct, [294].
- Jarny and Conflans, sounds of battle, [171];
- road to, [197], [207].
- Jaumont, Péchot retires to forest of, [224].
- Jerusalem, farm, [208].
- Joinville, [236].
- Jolivet’s brigade, [120];
- at Spicheren, [122];
- at Vionville, [172], [176].
- Juniville, [243].
- Jurée, brook, [169], [177].
- Jussy, village on Moselle, [195].
- Kaiserslautern, [68], [76], [77], [79], [95].
- Kameke, Lieut.-General von, at Spicheren, [121], [122], [124];
- with Steinmetz, [191], [192].
- Kedange, [277].
- Kehl, bridge of, broken, [70].
- Kirchbach, General von, [104], [105], [106], [113];
- at Sedan, [307].
- Kinglake, Mr., character of Napoleon, [133].
- Kraatz, General von, at Vionville, [180], [181].
- Kummer, General von, Landwehr reserve, [158], [230].
- La Besace, village, [258], [261], [271], [274].
- Ladmirault, General de, [93];
- at Spicheren, [116]–118, [134];
- at Colombey, [148]–162;
- at Vionville, [180], [181], [184], [185];
- at Gravelotte, [194], [215], [223];
- at Noisseville, [278], [279].
- Ladmirault’s Corps, [140], [177], [183], [199], [225], [226].
- La Folie, farm, [194], [198], [200], [202], [207], [217], [225].
- Lafont de Villiers, General, [173].
- Laheycourt, [232].
- Landstuhl, [95].
- Langensalza, Battle of, [13].
- La Moncelle, Saxons seize, [299], [300], [302];
- brilliant French attack, [305];
- Emperor near, [311].
- Lapasset, General, at Saarguemines, [91];
- brigade at Vionville, [171], [177], [185];
- at St. Ruffine, [195];
- contest with Golz, [215].
- La Planchette, farm, [152].
- Laquenexy, [281].
- Lartigue, General, [84], [99];
- at Woerth, [105]–113;
- at Sedan, [304], [305].
- La Thibaudine, farm, [271].
- Lauter, and Lauterbourg, lines of, [76], [77];
- [86], [87].
- Lauvalliers, [151], [152], [154], [156].
- Lavalette, Napoleon’s letter to, [20].
- La Vallières, stream, [151].
- Laveaucoupet, General, at Spicheren, [120], [122], [128];
- to be placed in Metz and Verdun, [137].
- La Viré farm, Prince Augustus at, [306].
- Lebach, [73], [75], [79], [95].
- Lebœuf, Marshal, Chief of the Staff, [49]–50, [59]–62;
- at Metz, [92], [116];
- unfitness for command, [117], [136], [145], [161];
- at Vionville, [169], [171], [177], [180], [181];
- at Gravelotte, [205], [211], [215], [217], [225], [226];
- [228];
- withdrawn from Noisseville, [279], [281].
- Lebœuf’s Corps, [185], [194], [196].
- Lebrun, General, [235], [243], [261], [270];
- retreat on Sedan, [286], [287], [288]–294;
- at Bazeilles, [296]–299, [301], [302];
- at Givonne, [304], [311];
- condemns Wimpffen’s efforts, [316], [317];
- arrangements for Capitulation, [318], [319].
- Lebrun’s Corps, [291], [293].
- Le Chesne-Populeux, [243], [249];
- MacMahon, head-quarters, [251], [257], [258];
- [263], [266].
- Lee, General Robert, his saying on war, [223].
- Legrand, General, at Mars la Tour, [183], [184].
- Lehmann, Colonel, at Tronville, [176], [177].
- Leipzig, farm, [194], [196], [207].
- Lémoncourt, [143].
- Le Mont de Brune, [272], [273].
- L’Envie, farm, [202], [207].
- Lespart, General Guyot de, [91];
- at Woerth, [141], [262].
- Les Etangs, [140], [142], [149].
- Lessy, cross roads by, [159], [161].
- Létanne, bridge constructed at, [291].
- “Le Temps,” paragraph in, [246].
- L’Hériller and Pellé’s Division, [302].
- Liébert, General, [313], [315], [316].
- Ligny, [232];
- Great Staff and Crown Prince at, [245].
- Loftus, Lord Augustus, [46].
- Longeville, [241];
- camp, [161].
- Longuyon, [230].
- Longstreet, General (United States), [255].
- Lorencez, General de, at Colombey-Nouilly, [153], [155], [157], [162].
- Lunéville, [144], [159], [162].
- Luxemburg, negotiations, and question, [24], [25], [26], [27], [28].
- Mack, General, at Ulm, [229].
- MacMahon, Marshal, assembling 1st Corps near Strasburg, [68];
- scattered condition of command, [84], [85];
- at Reichshofen, [89]–99;
- at Woerth, [109], [112], [114];
- back on Sarrebourg, [116];
- ordered to Chalons, [134], [135], [138], [144];
- still at large, [231];
- at Rhetel, [234];
- at Chalons, [236], [237];
- receives command of army, [238];
- moves army to Reims, [240];
- on the Aisne, [248];
- turns from Stenay to Mouzon, [259];
- will pass the Meuse, [265];
- near Beaumont, [270], [271], [276], [284];
- [285];
- directs retreat on Sedan, [286], [287];
- relations to the Emperor, [288];
- account of conduct, [297];
- wounded, gives up command, [300];
- wound a great misfortune, [303].
- Magdeburg and Altmark regiments, losses, [178], [179].
- Mainz, [65], [67], [69], [72], [77], [92].
- Malancourt, [223], [281].
- Malmaison, [177].
- Malroy on Moselle, [278].
- Manèque, General, mortally wounded at Noisseville, [281].
- Mance, brook, [177], [191], [193], [194], [195];
- gully, [205];
- eastern, [207];
- ravine, [214], [216], [217].
- Manstein, General von, at Gravelotte, [198]–204, [219], [220];
- crosses Moselle, [280].
- Manteuffel, General Baron von, at Berlin Council, [10];
- makes Austrians retreat beyond Elbe, [12];
- precaution, [150];
- joins in at Colombey-Nouilly, [153], [155];
- at Noisseville, [278], [280].
- Marbache, [158];
- -Custines, [163], [189].
- Margueritte, General, [141], [235], [243], [249], [251], [258], [260], [261], [275], [287];
- his cavalry, [296], [300], [307];
- on the Calvaire d’Illy, [308], [309];
- mortally wounded, [313].
- Marines, French, in Bazeilles, [298], [305].
- Marsal, [148], [232].
- Marshals of France, three caged in Metz, [231].
- See Bazaine, Canrobert, Lebœuf.
- Mars la Tour, French Army directed on, [159], [163], [164];
- road from Gravelotte to Verdun passes, [168];
- battle of Vionville, [170];
- ravine, [181];
- German Cavalry at, [183];
- German guns hold on near, [183];
- cavalry at, [186];
- Germans occupy, [191], [197].
- Mattstal, [98], [100], [102].
- Maxau on the Rhine, [64].
- Ménil sur Saulx, letters seized by German cavalry at, [233].
- Mensdorff, Count, Austrian Foreign Minister, [9].
- Mercy le Haut, or Mercy les Metz, [151], [278].
- Metman, General, at Spicheren, [129], [130];
- [60], [161];
- at Vionville, [177];
- leaves Rezonville, [191].
- Metz, [68], [76], [79], [82], [92], [93];
- defences incomplete, [94];
- disorder and consternation in, [131]–135;
- entire army moves back on, [136];
- (Colombey battle), [151], [152];
- excitement in, [159];
- Bazaine’s army moves nearer to, [188];
- shutting up in, not thought of, [190];
- Bazaine’s theory about, [192];
- French Army by, [193], [195], [197];
- Steinmetz’s mistaken hope of driving French into, [212];
- magnetism of stronghold like, [229], [230];
- blockade of, [231], [239], [241], [242], [244]–246;
- two corps sent back to, [257];
- army, [277];
- military situation about, [282];
- fortress, [283], [336].
- Metz, road from, to Strasburg, [67];
- from Mainz to, [67];
- road at Spicheren, [128];
- railway, [129];
- roads out of, [159];
- road to, [194];
- and Montmédy road closed, [292].
- Meurthe, valley of the, [144], [158], [232].
- Meuse, the, [134], [136], [171], [189], [232];
- MacMahon near, [234];
- crossing at Stenay, [242], [246];
- Verdun, [248], [249];
- MacMahon’s army ordered to, [253];
- Germans on, [256], [257], [260], [262];
- French Corps on left bank, [263], [270], [271], [273];
- dammed to fill Sedan ditches, [274];
- [280], [285], [286], [289];
- passage at Mouzon held by Saxon Crown Prince, [292];
- pontoon over, [294]; [295];
- loop of, [296];
- roads near, [307].
- Mexico expedition, [7].
- Mey, village (Colombey-Nouilly), [151]–156.
- Mézières, route for Chalons, [242];
- MacMahon to retreat on, [251]–253, [255], [257];
- French to be cut off from, [286];
- retreat to, given up, [290], [295], [297], [301], [303];
- road, [307].
- Michel, General, unique telegram, [62];
- at Woerth, [107], [108];
- charges of his Cuirassiers, [109];
- cavalry, [296].
- Mitchell, M. Robert, [48], [50].
- Mobiles, unfurnished with munitions, [132];
- bad behaviour of, returned to Paris, [236];
- reasons for, [238].
- Mobilization, French, [59];
- defects and difficulties, [60]–63.
- Mobilization, German, [2], [3], [57], [58], [59].
- Moltke, General Baron von, Chief of the Staff, [3];
- his work, [5], [6];
- at Berlin Council, [10];
- in 1868 frames plan of campaign in France, [37];
- remark on declaration of war, [52];
- plans, [65], [66];
- disposition after Saarbrück, [76]–78;
- intentions before Woerth,96;
- caution, [138];
- [142];
- prepared for French on right bank, [158];
- directs Second Army on Moselle, [162];
- memorable instructions, [165];
- judgment confirmed, [189], [190];
- at Flavigny, [191];
- orders on 17th, [197], [198];
- keeps back Steinmetz at Gravelotte, [204];
- [207];
- his main object, [216];
- himself directs attack, [217];
- original design of battle, [218];
- estimate of Bazaine, [218];
- starts for Paris, [232], [234];
- Bazaine’s despatch, [242];
- arrangements to meet French move, [244]–246, [254], [256], [257],
- [259], [260], [264];
- sanctions bombardment of Strasburg, [283], [284];
- [294];
- at Conference of Chémery, [295];
- quickens operations, [297];
- [302], [307];
- with the King, looking on Sedan, described by Russell, [321];
- designated by King, suspends hostilities, [323];
- meets the French Generals at Donchery, [325]–330;
- goes to King at Vendresse, [332].
- Montaigu, General, wounded and prisoner, [184].
- Montauban, General. See Palikao, Comte de.
- Montaudon, General, [94];
- at Spicheren, [117], [129];
- [137];
- at Colombey, [153], [155];
- at Vionville, [177];
- near Rezonville, [185].
- Montfaucon, [256], [257].
- Monthois, [264].
- Montigny la Grange, [195], [198];
- held by French, [225], [226].
- Montimont, [307].
- Montluisant, Colonel, [224], [225].
- Montmédy, [242], [246], [276], [277], [286].
- Montois, [223].
- Montoy, [151], [152], [154].
- Montpayroux, M. Guyot de, illustrates French feeling, [51].
- Monvillers Park, Bazeilles, [298];
- combats in, [299], [305], [306].
- Morsbronn, [106], [107].
- Moscow, farm, French position, [194], [205], [206], [207], [213];
- every attempt on, repulsed, [214];
- Lebœuf in, [217].
- Moselle, river, [92], [134], [135], [136], [139], [141];
- German advance on, [142];
- Borny on, [143], [144];
- French get over, [146], [147];
- in flood, [148], [149];
- Colombey, [150], [151], [153];
- possible French advance up right bank, [158];
- retreat on, [159];
- fog on, [161];
- Second Army sent over, [162], [163], [169];
- valley, [179];
- crossed at Marbache, [189], [190];
- near Ars, [193];
- below Metz, [194];
- crossed at Borny, [204];
- Germans on left bank of, [230], [231], [278], [280], [281].
- Mouzon, [260], [261], [263], [269], [270], [272];
- Cuirassiers charge at, [273];
- Germans at, [274];
- MacMahon at, [286];
- rout at, described to Emperor, [287];
- Germans take, [291].
- Moyœuvre, forest of, [218].
- Murat, Prince, followed by Redern, [164];
- his dragoons bolt, [170].
- Nancy, [134], [139];
- Uhlans ride into, [141], [144], [159], [163].
- Napoleon I., the Great, cavalry traditions of, [165];
- his genius required, [193];
- on competence of captains for large command, [229].
- Napoleon III., Louis, declares war on Prussia, [1];
- his policy and position in Europe previous to the war, [2]–20;
- attempt on Luxemburg, [22], [23];
- Russian alliance, Paris exhibition, [31];
- death of Maximilian, [32];
- at Salzburg, [33], [34];
- suspects military treaties, [35];
- seeks allies, [36];
- fears for the dynasty, [49];
- resolves on war, [50];
- declares war, [52];
- head-quarters at Metz, [64], [72];
- takes command, [73];
- Saarbrück, [74];
- incapacity at Metz, [82], [92], [93];
- Spicheren, [116], [117];
- confusion, [132];
- character unaltered from 1836, [133], [134];
- despatch to Paris, [135];
- resigns command, [136];
- [138], [140], [145];
- fails to press retreat over Moselle, [146], [147];
- at Longeville, [159];
- appeal to Austria and Italy, [160];
- at and after Gravelotte, [161], [162], [166], [167];
- and Lebœuf, [228];
- [229], [231];
- at Chalons and Reims, [235]–242;
- interview with MacMahon, [251];
- military judgment correct, [253];
- in Ducrot’s camp, [286], [287];
- refuses to retire to Sedan, yet goes, [287];
- enters Sedan, [288];
- refuses to leave, [289];
- and Des Sesmaisons, [290];
- notices retreat, [301];
- rides out early to see battle, sees MacMahon and goes under fire, [311];
- and Wimpffen, [316];
- and his generals, [317], [318];
- hopes to appeal to the King, [318];
- Capitulation arranged with generals, [319], [320];
- letter to King, [322];
- awaiting reply, [324];
- Wimpffen quarrels before him, [325];
- he surrenders, leaves Sedan, meets Bismarck, [331]–333;
- meets King and Crown Prince, telegraphs to Empress, [335];
- departs for Wilhelmshöhe, hears of Paris Revolution, [337];
- reflections, [338].
- Napoleon, Louis, Prince Imperial, baptism of fire, [73], [74];
- with Emperor, [161], [166];
- at Chalons, [237];
- sent off, [239].
- Napoleon, Prince Jérôme, [41];
- with Emperor at Chalons, [236];
- supports Trochu, suggests abdication, [237].
- Needle gun, the, [7].
- Neehwiller, [98], [113], [114].
- Nehrdorff, General, withdraws Saxons, [210].
- Neufchâteau, [233].
- Neunkirchen, [79].
- Nice and Savoy ceded to France, [6].
- Nied, the French, [135];
- German, [136], [140], [142], [143].
- Niederbronn, [70];
- (Woerth), [113], [114].
- Niederwald, the, [107], [108], [109], [111].
- Nikolsburg, Treaty of, [13], [14], [16].
- Noisseville, [154], [155], [156];
- battle of, [277]–279;
- Manteuffel attacks, [280];
- contest for, [281].
- Nomény, [140].
- Nostitz, Count, at Donchery meeting, [326].
- Nouart, [256], [258]–264, [267].
- Nouilly, [148], [151], [156].
- Novéant, [163], [177].
- Oches, [249], [260], [261], [263], [265];
- MacMahon at, [266];
- Crown Prince at, [269].
- Ollivier, M. Emile, pacific remarks, [43];
- thinks quarrel ended, [48];
- political position, prophetic words, [50];
- goes to war “à cœur leger,” [51];
- [81];
- Ministry turned out, [137].
- Olly, Germans occupy, [309].
- Olozaga, Spanish Ambassador, [45].
- Orcet, Captain d’, and Donchery meeting, [326], [327], [328].
- Ornain, the river, [232]; [284].
- Orne, the river, [193], [195], [208];
- cantonments on, [246].
- Operations, German and French, August 29th, [259], [260], [261].
- Palatinate, the, possible irruption into, [70].
- Pagny, [163].
- Palikao, Comte de, General, Montauban, [81]; [137];
- made by Empress Minister of War, [235];
- collects new army, [235];
- telegram to, from Emperor, [239];
- views, [240], [242];
- responsible for disaster, [251];
- insists on help for Bazaine, [252], [253];
- utter ignorance of situation, [254], [276];
- and Wimpffen, [288], [324], [336].
- Pallières, General Martin des, [298].
- Pange, French position, [136], [140], [142], [143], [149], [152].
- Pape, Major-General von, [203];
- Guard prepared to attack St. Marie, [208], [209];
- at St. Marie, [219], [220];
- his Guards’ attack on St. Privat, [222].
- Paradol, Prévost, view of the war, and suicide, [54], [55].
- Paris, remonstrances from, [135];
- and Parisians, [146];
- army of the Rhine facing, [193];
- placed in state of defence, [233];
- fears of uncovering, [240];
- newspaper informs Moltke, [245];
- road to, [246];
- orders from, to MacMahon, [252], [253];
- ready for revolution, [285];
- Wimpffen at, [287].
- Parliament, Prussian, opposition to army reform, [4].
- Péchot, General, falls on Saxons, [210];
- “valiant officer” attempts to stop enemy, [224].
- Pellé, General, takes command on Douay’s death, [88];
- at Woerth, [99].
- Pestel, Colonel von, at Saarbrück, [73].
- Pfaffenwald, the, [125].
- Pfordten, von der, Bavarian Minister, signs secret treaty, [14].
- Phalsbourg, [115], [143], [144];
- French fortress untaken, [283].
- Pietri, M., telegraphs to Empress, [238].
- Pirmasens, [69], [77], [86].
- Plappeville, fort, [194];
- Guard at, [195];
- guns not heard at, [214], [215].
- Podbielski, General von, [245], [246];
- at conference of Cheméry, [295];
- with King William, [321];
- at Donchery meeting, [326].
- Point du Jour farm, [191], [194];
- quarries below, [205];
- burnt, [206], [207];
- Steinmetz hopes to capture, [212];
- repulses attack, [214];
- attempts to storm, [217].
- Poix, [156];
- German guns at, [279], [293].
- Pommérieux, [165].
- Pont à Mousson, [141], [142], [143];
- Prince Frederick Charles at, [158];
- [163], [171];
- Royal head-quarters, [189];
- Moltke starts for, [197];
- Moltke at, [283].
- Porru au Bois, Prussian Guard in, [292].
- Possesse, [232].
- Pouilly, Germans at, [275];
- bridge constructed, [291].
- Preuil, General du, at Vionville, [175].
- Preuschdorf, [104].
- Provisions, French scarcity of, [243].
- Prussia, King of. See William I.
- Prussian Army, now German, characteristics of, [5], [6];
- victories in Denmark with needle-gun, [7];
- augmented, [8];
- mobilizing, [11], [12];
- enters Austria, fights Sadowa, [13].
- Prusso-Italian Alliance, [10].
- Puttelange, Castagny marches to, [129];
- French generals assemble at, [130].
- Puxieux, [163], [164].
- Quarries of Amanvillers and St. Hubert, [192], [205], [217], [218].
- Quatre Champs, [258].
- Queleu, Fort, Metz, [141], [148].
- Railway, questions of control, Belgian, Luxemburg,
- and St. Gothard, [39], [40].
- Rastadt, [65], [92].
- Rations, in Sedan, sent away by mistake, [289].
- Rauch, Colonel von, at Flavigny, Hussars capture battery
- and surround Bazaine, [175].
- Raucourt, [271];
- Douay retires on, [265];
- attacked, [274];
- [293].
- Raoult, General, [99], [106], [110], [113].
- Reconnaisances, French, inadequate, [167].
- Redern, General von, before Metz, [163];
- follows Murat, [164];
- at Flavigny, [178].
- Red Hill, Rotheberg, or Spur at Spicheren, [119], [120], [122];
- storming of, [124], [125], [126], [127];
- Spicheren road up, [128].
- Reichshofen, [84], [96];
- and Niederbronn, [100], [109], [112], [113], [114].
- Reille, General, [320], [325], [331].
- Reims, [234], [242], [244], [245], [246];
- 3rd Army Cavalry in sight of, [247];
- [249], [251].
- Remilly, [231], [260];
- disordered French retreat to, [272], [273];
- [293].
- Remonville, [264].
- Reppertsberg, Spicheren, [120].
- Revigny les Vaches, Crown Prince’s head-quarters, [255].
- Rex, Colonel von, at Spicheren, [121];
- in Bois des Ognons, [185].
- Rezonville, [164];
- road from Gravelotte to Verdun through, [168], [169];
- (Vionville battle), [170], [171], [177], [179], [186];
- [188], [190], [191], [197];
- 2nd Corps at, [215], [242].
- Rheinbaben, Lieut.-General Baron von, at Spicheren, [119], [120];
- effective operations on Verdun road, [163];
- at Vionville, [170];
- begins battle with battery, [171];
- his work done, [172].
- Retonfay, [279].
- Rhetel, MacMahon’s army at, [243], [249].
- Rhine, the, and Moselle, [65];
- bridges and ferries destroyed, [70];
- [76].
- Roman road, Vionville, [169], [171].
- Roncourt, high ground, French position, [194];
- open descent to, [195];
- limit of French right, [207], [208], [210], [211];
- Saxons at, [222], [223], [224].
- Roon, General von, made War Minister, [3];
- administrative measures, [5], [6];
- causes King to retire out of fire, [216];
- with King, [321].
- Rosseln, Von Golz marches from, [129].
- Rouher, M., [38], [49];
- goes to Emperor at Chalons, [240];
- suggests proclamation, [241].
- Rozérieulles village, [160];
- French reserves in, [194].
- Rupigny, [281].
- Russell, Dr. William, diary cited, description of Bismarck at
- Bar le Duc, [255];
- of Sedan and the King, [321];
- of Crown Prince, [322].
- Russell, Lord, Danish question, [7].
- Russia, [2], [4], [8], [11], [16].
- Saar, [76];
- French positions on, [92];
- German, [95], [118], [119];
- French, [136];
- [138], [139];
- upper, [143], [144].
- Saarbourg, [116].
- Saarbrück, [70];
- affair at, [73], [77], [118], [119];
- road, [152].
- Saarlouis, [77], [136];
- road from, [152], [158], [230].
- Sachy, guard at, [292].
- Sadowa, battle of, [13], [14], [16].
- St. Ail, [195];
- German batteries at, [203];
- [209], [210];
- and St. Marie, Prussian Infantry Guard, [219], [221].
- St. Avold, [79], [94], [117], [120];
- Bazaine at, [124], [129];
- Castagny called to, [130]; [138]; [140]; [143].
- St. Barbe, village and church tower, [151], [152], [153];
- ravine, [154], [156];
- [277], [278], [279], [280].
- St. Dizier, [234].
- St. Germain, ravine, [214].
- St. Hilaire, [170], [182].
- St. Hubert, farm, above Gravelotte, narrow causeway by, [194];
- strong, [196];
- contest at, [205], [206], [207], [212];
- slopes near, [213];
- Germans hold, [214];
- last fights, [215], [216];
- in twilight, [217], [218].
- St. Julien, fort, [148], [278], [279].
- St. Marcel, [169].
- St. Marie aux Chênes, Canrobert occupies, [195];
- German Guard advance on, [198], [202], [203];
- held by French, [206], [207];
- described, [208];
- attack on road through, [209];
- abandoned, [209];
- Saxon guns north of, [219];
- high road to, [221];
- General Pape at, sends out Guard, [222].
- St. Menehould, [232], [242], [251].
- St. Menges, [296], [301], [306];
- Germans occupy, [307], [308];
- and push on, [309], [310], [311].
- St. Mihiel, [240].
- St. Privat la Montagne, see Gravelotte, [194]–225.
- St. Quentin, Mount, fort, [160], [161], [194], [195];
- highest point of position, [196], [214].
- St. Ruffine, [211], [215], [218].
- Salignac-Fenelon, General, [315].
- Salzburg, meeting of Austrian and French Emperors at, [33].
- Sansonnet, [161].
- Sarreguemines, Montaudon at, [117];
- [118], [119];
- retreat on, [128], [129];
- [137], [138].
- Sauer, stream, and Sulz, [100], [107].
- Saulny, [223];
- wood of, [224], [226].
- Saverne, [99], [112];
- retreat on, [114], [115], [116];
- railway tunnels west of, [144].
- Saxon 12th Corps, [267];
- at Beaumont fight, [269].
- Saxon horse cut off Lebrun’s baggage, [287].
- Saxon infantry at St. Marie, [210].
- Saxons in Daigny, [304], [305].
- Saxony, King of, in Pirna, cited, [229].
- Saxony, Prince Royal of (Crown Prince), at Gravelotte, [198];
- at Auboué, [207], [210];
- in command of Army of the Meuse, [230], [241];
- [244];
- at Clermont in Argonne, [254];
- to cross Meuse, [260];
- early march to Beaumont, [264];
- to attack, [285];
- anticipates orders, [291];
- secures Chiers bridges, [292], [297].
- Saxony, Prince George of, [207], [208];
- holds French, [263].
- Schellendorf, Colonel Bronsart von, [320].
- Schlotheim, General von, [248].
- Schmidt, Captain, artillery feat, [127].
- Schultz, General, engineer, [284].
- Schwarzkoppen, General von, [181], [182].
- Schwerin, General von, [121].
- Sedan, [146], [234];
- Bazaine suggests retreat on, [242], [249];
- [256], [266];
- occupation of, [272], [274]–276;
- [281], [286]–289, [294];
- battle-field described, [295], [297];
- battle of, [298], [299], [300], [301], [302], [303];
- Emperor returns to, [311];
- final efforts, [316];
- end of battle, [317];
- condition of interior, [319];
- losses on both sides, [336].
- Seille, river, reached by patrols, [140];
- [142], [148], [151], [158], [189].
- Selz, [85].
- Semuy, [249].
- Senuc, [250]; [264].
- Sermaize, [232].
- Servigny, [148], [155], [279], [280].
- Sesmaisons, Captain, [289], [290].
- Seton, Captain, remarks on Steinmetz, [212].
- Sheridan, General, U.S., [322].
- Sierck, [70].
- Solferino, effect of French success, [6];
- Napoleon’s saying after, [318].
- Sommauthe, Bavarians in, [274].
- Sommerance, [264].
- Sourd, M. le, presents Declaration of War, [1], [52].
- Spachbach, [103], [107].
- Spicheren, Frossard takes post at, [94];
- [117];
- French position, [116], [117], [118];
- battle-field, [119], [120];
- battle, [121]–130, [137];
- temerity of German advance guard, [158].
- Spires, [70].
- Steinmetz, General von, commanding First Army, [68], [76]–78, [95];
- characteristic speech of, [121];
- begins Spicheren battle, [122], [139], [142];
- advances, [149], [157];
- instructions from Moltke, [165], [191], [192], [197], [198];
- at Gravelotte, [204]; [211]–217, [278].
- Steinburg, Woerth, [115].
- Stenay, on the Meuse, MacMahon hopes to cross at, [242], [243];
- [247], [256], [264], [268].
- Stephan, General von, [294].
- Stiring-Wendel, village (Spicheren), [120]–124, [127]–129.
- Stoffel, Colonel, [251], [252].
- Stonne, Emperor at, [253], [262];
- defiles leading to, [266];
- Germans in, [274].
- Strasburg, [66], [67], [131], [132], [143], [283];
- bombardment, [284];
- siege, [285].
- Stülpnagel, General von, at Spicheren, [121];
- at Vionville, [172], [173], [174].
- Suippe, river, [243].
- Sulz and Sauer, [96], [98].
- Tann-Rathsamhausen, General von der, his Bavarian troops, [91], [100], [104];
- at Beaumont fight, [267], [269], [271];
- fires on Bazeilles, [293], [294];
- [297]–299.
- Teterchen, [139].
- Thiaucourt, [163], [164];
- cannonade heard at, [181].
- Thiers, M., speech against war, [51].
- Thionville, [131];
- German cuirassiers at, [141];
- [230], [231], [245], [276].
- Tholey, [75], [76], [79].
- Tilliard, General, [315].
- Tirailleurs d’artillerie, [174];
- Canrobert’s phrase, [201].
- Tixier’s, General, division, Vionville, [180].
- Torcy, [272], [274], [296], [317].
- Toul, town and fortress, [135];
- governor of, summoned by Uhlans, [164], [189];
- siege of, [232], [283].
- Tourteron, [249], [293].
- Turenne, Vicomte de, born at Sedan, [321].
- Turnier, Colonel, [276].
- Treves, [65], [76], [93].
- Triaucourt, [232], [254].
- Trochu, General, proposition to Emperor, [237];
- governor of Paris, [238], [239].
- Tronville, village and woods, [169], [171], [173], [176], [177], [180]–185.
- Uhrich, General, governor of Strasburg, [283], [284].
- Uhlans, [140], [141], [213], [232].
- Valabrègue, General, [169], [178].
- Valazé, General, at Spicheren, [120], [123];
- at Vionville, [172], [174].
- Vallières, brook, [278].
- Valmy, battle-field, [239].
- Varennes, [247], [254], [257].
- Varize, [149].
- Vassy, [233].
- Vassoigne, General, [298].
- Vauban, fortified Sedan, [321].
- Vaudemont, [233].
- Vautoux, [156].
- Verdun, [131], [159];
- road, [164], [165], [170], [176], [188]–199, [193];
- Germans moving towards, [232];
- [240], [241], [242];
- Napoleon’s despatch from, [276], [277];
- fortress untaken, [283].
- Vergé, General, holds Stiring, [126], [129];
- at Vionville, [171].
- Vernéville, [161], [169], [177], [188], [199]–208.
- Verrières, Würtembergers at, [274], [293].
- Verviers, Emperor at, [337].
- Victor Emmanuel. See Italy, King of.
- Vienne le Château, [257], [264].
- Villette, [310].
- Villemontrey, [270], [273].
- Villeneuve, General, [270], [272].
- Villers au Bois, [169].
- Villers-Cernay, [287], [300], [306].
- Villers below Mouzon, [266], [271], [273].
- Villers l’Orme, [156], [280].
- Ville sur Yron, [183].
- Vinoy, General, [253], [289], [290];
- and troops escape, [293]; [336].
- Vionville, [164]; [166]; -Mars la Tour battle, [167]–187;
- road towards, after battle, [190], [229].
- Vitry, [232], [233];
- cavalry capture stray French, [234], [241].
- Void, [232].
- Voigts-Rhetz, General von, commander of 10th Corps,
- comes up at Mars la Tour, [170], [182].
- Völkingen, outposts in contact, [78].
- Voncq, Germans take prisoners at, [263].
- Vosges, mountains, [66], [67];
- defiles of, open, [115], [116];
- [131], [143].
- Vouziers, MacMahon’s army at, [234], [243], [245], [248], [250], [257], [259].
- Vrémy, [148], [279].
- Vrigne au Bois, [307].
- Wadern, remarkable march from, [127].
- Wadelincourt, [310].
- Walther, General von, begins attack at Woerth, [101].
- Warniforêt, hamlet, [271].
- Warren Wood, or Bois de la Garenne, [317].
- Wedell, General von, at Vionville, [182].
- Weise, Colonel von, [184].
- Werder, General von, at Woerth, [100], [104];
- bombards Strasburg, [283], [284].
- William I., King of Prussia, Regent in 1858, work and plans, [2], [3];
- military reform, [3], [4], [5];
- council in Berlin, [9], [10];
- Hohenzollern candidature, Benedetti at Ems, [42]–45;
- leaves Ems, [46];
- mobilization, [52];
- restores Order of Iron Cross, [70];
- characteristic journey to Mainz, [72];
- headquarters at Herny, [158], [165];
- at Pont à Mousson, [189];
- joins Prince Frederick Charles, [190];
- his armies facing the Rhine, [193];
- on Flavigny heights, [197], [204];
- watches fight from Malmaison, [214];
- sanctions advance on Frossard, [215], [216];
- starts for Paris, [231], [232], [234];
- [242];
- consulted, issues orders for grand right wheel, [246];
- Bar le Duc, [254];
- at Clermont, [255];
- Varennes, [259];
- Grand Pré, [264];
- and staff on hill near Buzancy, [269];
- [284];
- orders to Crown Prince and Saxon Crown Prince, [285];
- at Sedan, [320], [321], [322], [323], [332];
- meets Napoleon, [335];
- greets troops, [336];
- hears of Paris Revolution, [338].
- Winterfeld, Captain von, [320].
- Wimpffen, General de, [1], [52];
- arrives at Sedan, [288], [296];
- takes command, [301], [302], [303], [307], [311], [312], [315]–317;
- conduct during negotiations and Capitulation, [319], [325]–335.
- Wiseppe, stream, [262].
- Wissembourg, [84], [85];
- battle, [86]–90; [167];
- road from Landau to, by Pirmasens, [67].
- Woerth, bridge broken, [91];
- French position, [96];
- battle, [101]–114;
- consequences, [115], [116].
- Woippy, road out of Metz to, [159], [223].
- Woyna, General von, at Spicheren, [123], [126];
- at Colombey, [153].
- Würtemberg, Prince Augustus of, at Gravelotte, [199], [203];
- sends in Guard, [219], [220];
- at Givonne, [306], [308].
- Würtemberg joins Prussian military system, [14].
- Würtembergers, [254], [264].
- Xonville, [163].
- Yron, river, [183], [186].
- Yoncq, [271], [272].
- Zastrow, General von, at Spicheren, [121], [125];
- at Colombey, [153], [155], [157], [191], [192].
- Zieten hussars, [261].
- Zingler, Captain von, [334].
- Zouaves escaped to Paris, [304].