SEDAN.

German Decision—Confusion in the French Camp—The Movements of the Germans—The Battlefield of Sedan—The Battle of Sedan—MacMahon’s Wound and its Consequences—Progress of the Battle on the Givonne—The March on St. Menges—The Eleventh and Fifth Corps Engage—The Condition of the French Army—The French Cavalry Charge—General de Wimpffen’s Counter stroke—The Emperor and his Generals—King William and his Warriors—How the Generals Rated Each Other—The Generals Meet at Donchery—Napoleon III. Surrenders—The French Generals Submit—The End

[APPENDICES.]

[I.] The German Field Armies—[II.] The French Army—[III.] The Protocol of Capitulation—[IV.] A List of the Principal Works Consulted for the Campaign of Sedan

[INDEX]

MAP AND PLANS.

  1. [GENERAL MAP.]
  2. [BATTLE OF WOERTH.]
  3. [BATTLE OF SPICHEREN.]
  4. [BATTLE OF COLOMBEY-NOUILLY].
  5. [BATTLE OF VIONVILLE-MARS LA TOUR.]
  6. [BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE.]
  7. [BATTLE OF SEDAN.]
  8. [GENERAL MAP.]

THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN.