Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original maps. See 54823-h.htm or 54823-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54823/54823-h/54823-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54823/54823-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/campaignofsedand00hoop Transcriber's note: Underscores are used for italic markup; the three words that end this sentence _are in italics_. Equals signs are used for bold-face markup; the three words that end this sentence =are in bold face=. The symbols ^{} are used to represent a superscript; for example, “3 squared” would be printed as “3^{2}”. Text printed in the source in small capitals has been changed to upper-case. Bohn’S Standard Library THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN “The policy of your Government will bring you to Jena,” said M. de Moustier to Herr von Bismarck during the Crimean War. “Why not to Waterloo?” was the prompt and prophetic reply. Wo Kraft und Muth in deutscher Seele flammen. THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN The Downfall of the Second Empire August–September 1870 by GEORGE HOOPER Author of “Waterloo: the Downfall of the First Napoleon: a History of the Campaign of 1815,” etc. With Map and Plans [Illustration] London George Bell And Sons 1909 Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London. PREFACE. When it was decided to publish a new and cheaper edition of Mr. George Hooper’s “Sedan,” the question arose whether anything should be added to it. My father had intended, should a new edition be called for, to revise and correct the work, and to furnish it with an index. After due consideration it has been decided to make no additions to the book, except the index, which has been carefully compiled. A few errors that had crept into the text of the original edition have been corrected; but in other respects the volume remains as it was left by its author. WYNNARD HOOPER. SOUTH KENSINGTON, _October, 1897_. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.