The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870 - George Hooper

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].